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Gendering friendship: couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender

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Gendering friendship: couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender. / Cronin, Anne.
In: Sociology, Vol. 49, No. 6, 01.12.2015, p. 1167-1182.

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Cronin, A 2015, 'Gendering friendship: couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender', Sociology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1167-1182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514559321

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Cronin, A. (2015). Gendering friendship: couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender. Sociology, 49(6), 1167-1182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514559321

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Cronin A. Gendering friendship: couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender. Sociology. 2015 Dec 1;49(6):1167-1182. Epub 2015 Feb 3. doi: 10.1177/0038038514559321

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Cronin, Anne. / Gendering friendship : couple culture, heteronormativity and the production of gender. In: Sociology. 2015 ; Vol. 49, No. 6. pp. 1167-1182.

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