Constructions of Female Selves in Adolescent Fiction: Makeovers as-Metonym

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  • John Stephens

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1999vol9no1art1362

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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-perception

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1999-01-01

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“ Constructions of Female Selves in Adolescent Fiction: Makeovers as-Metonym” (1999) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 9(1), pp. 5–13. doi:10.21153/pecl1999vol9no1art1362.

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