Why are there no lesbian advertisements?

Feminist Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-85

  Vänskä, Annamari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Institute for Art Research   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fashion advertisements; Feminist and lesbian feminist constructions of the gazing subject; Femme desire; Femme gaze; Femme inine viewing subject; Femme nine; Femme ninity

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444436858     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700105046976     Document Type: Review

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