Betwixt and be tween: Age ambiguity and the sexualization of the female consuming subject

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-227

  Cook, Daniel Thomas ^a   Kaiser, Susan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clothing; Consumption; Gender; Girls; Sexuality; Tweens

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944383570     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540504043682     Document Type: Article

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