Constructions of Female Selves in Adolescent Fiction: Makeovers as-Metonym
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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1999vol9no1art1362Keywords:
Carol Jones, Goddess of Cool, Cinderella, Queen Kat Carmel and St. Jude Get a Life, Maureen McCarthy, Girlfriend, Dolly, Fishnets, Philippa Burne, girlhood, femininity, gender role, self-perceptionAbstract
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