Race and Beauty: A Comparison of Asian and Western Models in Women's Magazine Advertisements

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Frith, Katherine Toland ^a   Cheng, Hong ^b   Shaw, Ping ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advertising; Asia; Beauty; Gender; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142297274     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000011072.84489.e2     Document Type: Article

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