‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’: Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams

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‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’ : Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams. / Vitus, Kathrine.

I: Subjectivity: international journal of critical psychology, Bind 9, Nr. 1, 04.2016, s. 59-82.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Vitus, K 2016, '‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’: Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams', Subjectivity: international journal of critical psychology, bind 9, nr. 1, s. 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2015.20

APA

Vitus, K. (2016). ‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’: Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams. Subjectivity: international journal of critical psychology, 9(1), 59-82. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2015.20

Vancouver

Vitus K. ‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’: Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams. Subjectivity: international journal of critical psychology. 2016 apr.;9(1):59-82. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2015.20

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Vitus, Kathrine. / ‘When i rap, i feel more like myself’ : Equality and enjoyment in young women’s rapper dreams. I: Subjectivity: international journal of critical psychology. 2016 ; Bind 9, Nr. 1. s. 59-82.

Bibtex

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