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Who’s Afraid of the Kitchen? Representations of the Kitchen in Three US Films, The Children’s Hour, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Blue Jasmine Cover

Who’s Afraid of the Kitchen? Representations of the Kitchen in Three US Films, The Children’s Hour, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Blue Jasmine

By: Estella Cioban  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 73
Published on: Jun 24, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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