Vampires, Desire, Girls and God:Twilightand the Spiritualities of Adolescent Girls
โ Scribed by Joyce Ann Mercer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-2789
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