Beauty queen, bulletin board and browser: Rescripting the refrigerator

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-152

  Watkins, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33645893216     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690600573742     Document Type: Article

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