What Does It Mean to Be a Girl in the Twenty-first Century? Exploring Some Contemporary Dilemmas of Femininity and Girlhood in the West

Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 6-16

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a   Walkerdine, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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