"My problem and how I solved it": Domestic violence in women's magazines

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-108

  Berns, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033243889     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1999.tb02359.x     Document Type: Article

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