"Having it ally ": Popular television (post-)feminism

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-249

  Moseley, Rachel ^a   Read, Jacinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037933750     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770220150881     Document Type: Article

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