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Networking Constructions of Gender and Constructing Gender Networks: Considering Definitions of Woman in the British Cervical Screening Programme

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Networking Constructions of Gender and Constructing Gender Networks: Considering Definitions of Woman in the British Cervical Screening Programme. / Singleton, Vicky.
The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 1995. p. 146-173.

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Singleton V. Networking Constructions of Gender and Constructing Gender Networks: Considering Definitions of Woman in the British Cervical Screening Programme. In The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research: An Introduction. London: Routledge. 1995. p. 146-173 doi: 10.4324/9781315041032-7

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Singleton, Vicky. / Networking Constructions of Gender and Constructing Gender Networks : Considering Definitions of Woman in the British Cervical Screening Programme. The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research: An Introduction. London : Routledge, 1995. pp. 146-173

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