About a girl: Female subjectivity and sexuality in contemporary ‘chick’ culture

Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-206

  Rochelle Mabry, A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917356053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203036211     Document Type: Chapter

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