Images of aging in the lyrics of american country music

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-154

  Aday, Ronald H ^a   Austin, Benjaman S ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034380198     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/036012700267295     Document Type: Article

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