Sex and the City and consumer culture: Remediating postfeminist drama

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-98

  Arthurs, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University Press

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EID: 33646240549     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1468077032000080149     Document Type: Article

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