Still something else besides a mother? Negotiating celebrity motherhood in Sarah Jessica Parker's star story

Social Semiotics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-176

  Jermyn, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Fashion; Motherhood; Sarah Jessica Parker; Sex and the City

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849127669     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330802002218     Document Type: Article

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