'Elegantly wasted': The celebrity deaths of Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates

Continuum

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-791

  Jaworski, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77249092019     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304310802452446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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