Girls make sense: Girls, celebrities and identities

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-58

  Duits, Linda ^a,c   Van Romondt Vis, Pauline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Celebrity culture; Focus groups; Girls; Identification; Reflexive project of the self

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849122701     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549408098704     Document Type: Article

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