Who are you calling 'Lady'?: Femininity, sexuality, and third-wave feminism

Journal of Popular Music Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-401

  Keenan, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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EID: 65849289479     PISSN: 15242226     EISSN: 15331598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-1598.2008.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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