Marketing molly and melville: Dating in a postmodern, consumer society

Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-57

  Jagger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dating advertisements; Femininity; Masculinity; Self identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256261     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0038038501000037     Document Type: Article

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