The contradictions of successful femininity: Third-wave feminism, postfeminism and ‘new’ femininities

New Femininities: Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-292

  Budgeon, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994234846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230294523     Document Type: Chapter

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