Framing "killer women" films: Audience use of genre

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-229

  Vares, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 61249451149     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770220150872     Document Type: Article

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