Representations of the 'Absent Mother' in Australian Adolescent Fiction
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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1998vol8no3art1370Keywords:
motherhood, parents, Australian young adult fiction, GalaxArena, Gillian Rubenstein, Libby Gleeson, Love Me Love Me Not, gender roles, gender performivityAbstract
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