Re-inventing romance: Reading popular romantic fiction

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-546

  Owen, Mairead ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346676848     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(97)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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