Challenge and conformity on "contested terrain": Images of women in four women's sport/fitness magazines

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 105-117

  Hardin, Marie ^a,c   Lynn, Susan ^b   Walsdorf, Kristie ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hegemony; Magazines; Media; Photos; Sexual difference; Sports; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644479130     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-4285-6     Document Type: Article

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