Reconceiving citizenship: The challenge of mothers as political activists

Feminist Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-327

  Reiger, Kerreen ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; breastfeeding; childbirth; citizenship; feminism; motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993730803     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14647000022229254     Document Type: Article

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