From badness to meanness: Popular constructions of contemporary girlhood

All About the Girl: Culture, Power, and Identity

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 45-56

  Chesney Lind, Meda ^a   Irwin, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203492567     Document Type: Chapter

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