What do women want?: Versions of masculinity in Kenyan romantic fiction

English Studies in Africa

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-90

  MUHOMAH, CATHERINE ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 60950097430     PISSN: 00138398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00138390208691316     Document Type: Article

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