Is thirty the new sixty? Dating, age and gender in a postmodern, consumer society

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-106

  Jagger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Dating advertisements; Gender; Self identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944447692     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505049003     Document Type: Article

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