Individuality is everything: Autonomous femininity in MySpace mottos and self-descriptions

Continuum

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-383

  Dobson, Amy Shields ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84861632269     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2012.665835     Document Type: Article

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