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‘Individuality is everything’: ‘Autonomous’ femininity in MySpace mottos and self-descriptions

Amy Shields Dobson School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 371-383 | Published online: 18 May 2012

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