Dolly girls: Tweenies as artefacts of consumption

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-613

  Brookes, Fiona ^a   Kelly, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumption; Gender; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950751496     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260902960745     Document Type: Article

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