Hip Hop honey or video ho: African American preadolescents' understanding of female sexual scripts in hip hop culture

Sexuality and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 48-69

  Stephens, Dionne P ^a   Few, April L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hip hop; Preadolescents; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749095855     PISSN: 10955143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12119-007-9012-8     Document Type: Review

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