Renovating the American woman's home: American domesticity in extreme makeover: Home edition

Legacy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-127

  Jacobson, Kristin J ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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EID: 70449848437     PISSN: 07484321     EISSN: 15340643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/leg.0.0017     Document Type: Article

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