Images of gender, race, age, and sexual orientation in disney feature-length animated films

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 19-44

  Towbin, Mia Adessa ^a   Haddock, Shelley A ^a   Zimmerman, Toni Schindler ^a   Lund, Lori K ^a   Tanner, Litsa Renee ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Feminist couple therapy; Feminist family therapy; Feminist research; Gender; Qualitative research; Race; Sexual orientation; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748644339     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J086v15n04_02     Document Type: Article

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