The return of pink: Legally Blonde, third-wave feminism, and having it all

Chick Flicks: Contemporary Women at the Movies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 58-78

  Dole, Carol M ^a  

^a URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203935552     Document Type: Chapter

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