Pop goes the rapper: A close reading of Eminem's genderphobia

Popular Music

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Stephens, Vincent ^a  

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EID: 34347305351     PISSN: 02611430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0261143004000261     Document Type: Review

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