The staging of agency in Girls Gone Wild

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-218

  Pitcher, Karen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b 105 Becker Communication Studies Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Carnivalesque; Girls Gone Wild; Guys Gone Wild; Neoliberalism; Postfeminism; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748658685     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180600800759     Document Type: Review

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