Sculpting the female breast: How college women negotiate the media's ideal breast image

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 657-674

  Goodman, J Robyn ^a   Walsh Childers, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 10944265280     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100312     Document Type: Review

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