'Good girls go to heaven; bad girls ...' learn to be good: Quizzes in American and Brazilian teenage girls' magazines

Discourse and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-558

  Ostermann, Ana Cristina ^a   Keller Cohen, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Heterosexist discourse; Media discourse; Quiz; Sexist discourse; Socialization; Teenage girls' magazines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032349975     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926598009004006     Document Type: Article

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