Consumer witchcraft: Are teenage witches a creation of commercial interests?

Journal of Beliefs and Values

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Cush, Denise ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38749140174     PISSN: 13617672     EISSN: 14699362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13617670701251439     Document Type: Article

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