Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in chick lit

Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-182

  Smith, Caroline J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203929148     Document Type: Book

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