The aging woman in popular film: Underrepresented, unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent

Sex Roles

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 531-543

  Bazzini, Doris G ^a   McIntosh, William D ^b   Smith, Stephen M ^b   Cook, Sabrina ^b   Harris, Caleigh ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031500153     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02766689     Document Type: Article

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