“I Can’t Think of a More Unlikely Rock Star than Me”: Representations of “Averageness” in the Myth of Rock

Scott M. Walus; Melissa A. Click

doi:10.1080/19401159.2015.1112106

“I Can’t Think of a More Unlikely Rock Star than Me”: Representations of “Averageness” in the Myth of Rock

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Original language	American English
Journal	Rock Music Studies
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2015.1112106
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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