The web marriage game, the gendered self, and Chinese modernity

Cultural Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-403

  Lo, Kwai Cheung ^a  

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Author keywords

Foucault; Masculinity; Modernity; Online computer game; Self; Web marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049142578     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502380902858018     Document Type: Article

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