Discursivisation of the Body on the Example of Women with Turner Syndrome
In post-modernity, the human body is not a private domain of the individual, but the product of hegemonic cultural discourses. Because of short stature, the appearance of the body of a female with Turner syndrome may differ from the socially imposed ideal. As a result of growth hormone supplement...
Main Author: | Kamila Ciepiela |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2020-06-01
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Series: | Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium |
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Online Access: | https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/148 |
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