Gender socialization of horror

Communication and Emotion: Essays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 155-178

  Mundorf, Norbert ^a   Mundorf, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410607584     Document Type: Chapter

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