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Situation Comedies Imitate Life: Jewish and Italian-American Women on Prime Time

2010; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00799.x

1540-5931

Dominique G. Ruggieri, Elizabeth J. Leebron,

Gender Roles and Identity Studies

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 43, Issue 6 p. 1266-1281 Situation Comedies Imitate Life: Jewish and Italian-American Women on Prime Time DOMINIQUE G. RUGGIERI, DOMINIQUE G. RUGGIERI Temple UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorELIZABETH J. LEEBRON, ELIZABETH J. LEEBRON Temple UniversitySearch for more papers by this author DOMINIQUE G. RUGGIERI, DOMINIQUE G. RUGGIERI Temple UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorELIZABETH J. LEEBRON, ELIZABETH J. 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