Black womanhood: Essence and its treatment of stereotypical images of black women

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-281

  Woodard, Jennifer Bailey ^a   Mastin, Teresa ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black popular culture; Black stereotypes; Black womanhood; Black women; Essence magazine; Women stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644532697     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704273152     Document Type: Article

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