'Cindy's a slut': Moral identities and moral responsibility in the 'soap talk' of British Asian girls

Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-81

  Barker, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Ethics; Girls; Identity; Morality; Soap opera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039984908     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038598032001005     Document Type: Article

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