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Athena to Barbie : Bodies, Archetypes, and Women's Search for Self

Athena to Barbie destabilizes a range of received social constructions of woman and expands the ways women conceive of themselves as female subjects. In the end, it inspires women's imagination about themselves, grounds that imagination in history by comparison, and empowers the lived lives of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wright, J. Lenore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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