"My dog's just like me": Dog ownership as a gender display

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-391

  Ramirez, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750621888     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2006.29.3.373     Document Type: Article

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