The Language of Feminine Beauty in Russian and Japanese Societies Natalia Konstantinovskaia (2020)

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  • Judit Kroo Arizona State University

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The Language of Feminine Beauty in Russian and Japanese Societies Natalia Konstantinovskaia (2020) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 219 pp.

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2021-07-13

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Kroo, J. (2021). The Language of Feminine Beauty in Russian and Japanese Societies Natalia Konstantinovskaia (2020). Gender and Language, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.20320