Feminism and the Biological Body

Feminism and the Biological Body
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Download or read book Feminism and the Biological Body written by Lynda Birke and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies may be currently fashionable in social and feminist theory, but their insides are not. Biological bodies always seem to drop out of debates about the body and its importance in Western culture.


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