Idealised versus tainted femininity: Discourses of the menstrual experience in Australian magazines that target young women

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 174-186

  Raftos, Maree ^a,d   Jackson, Debra ^b   Mannix, Judy ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Advertising; Content analysis; Feminism; Health education; Magazines; Media; Menstrual products; Menstruation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SEMANTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; SEMANTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032152359     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1998.530174.x     Document Type: Article

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