"Where my girls at?" negotiating Black womanhood in music videos

Gender and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-135

  Emerson, Rana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 23044529834     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202016001007     Document Type: Review

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