Front line family: 'Women's culture' comes to the BBC

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-29

  Hilmes, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; National identity; Radio; Second World War; Serial drama

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846251524     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443706068924     Document Type: Review

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