White western teenage girls and urban space: Challenging Hollywood's representations

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-213

  Bain, Alison L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141905847     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369032000113984     Document Type: Article

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