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Feminist Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-281

  Currie, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent identity; commercial texts; construction of Self; girls study; magazine reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709951     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14647000122229523     Document Type: Article

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