Dilemmas of desire: Representations of adolescent sexuality in two teen magazines

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-389

  Durham, Meenakshi Gigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032221208     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X98029003005     Document Type: Article

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