Disability pornography: The fetishization of women's vulnerabilities

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-270

  Elman, R Amy ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILMS; HANDICAPPED--WOMEN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; SEXUAL ABUSE--WOMEN; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE--WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CRIME; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FILMS; HANDICAPPED--WOMEN; MASS MEDIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL ABUSE--WOMEN; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE--WOMEN; WOMEN; WOMEN'S STATUS;

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; MASS MEDIA; MOTION PICTURES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031150508     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801297003003003     Document Type: Article

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