Regulating "Maternal Instinct": Governing Mentalities of Late Twentieth-Century U.S. Illicit Drug Policy

Regulating "Maternal Instinct": Governing Mentalities of Late Twentieth-Century U.S. Illicit Drug Policy
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规范“母性本能”:二十世纪末美国非法药物政策的治理心态

DOI:
10.1086/495398
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发表时间:
1999
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
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通讯作者:
N. Campbell
N. Campbell
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