The other side of the looking glass: The marginalization of fatness and blackness in the construction of gender identity

Social Semiotics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-152

  Shaw, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauty; Black; Fat; Identity; Race; Woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247658201     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330500154725     Document Type: Article

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