‘I don’t think this woman had anyone in her life’: Loneliness and singlehood in Six Feet Under

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  European Journal of Women's Studies

• Publication date

  2018-11-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/1350506817702411
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  Semantic Scholar

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