Moral panic and the Nasty Girl

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-69

  Barron, Christie ^a   Lacombe, Dany ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 17244383396     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2005.tb00790.x     Document Type: Article

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