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

S. 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

S. M. Walus, Melissa A. Click

Eastern Illinois University

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Idioma original	American English
Publicación	Rock Music Studies
Volumen	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2015.1112106
Estado	Published - sept 1 2016

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Arts and Humanities
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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