Double jeopardy in Hollywood: Age and gender in the careers of film actors, 1926-1999

Sociological Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-631

  Lincoln, Anne E ^a,c   Allen, Michael Patrick ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor; Age; Career; Film; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844233574     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-004-0698-1     Document Type: Article

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