'Empowerment' and the pole: A discursive investigation of the reinvention of pole dancing as a recreational activity

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-244

  Whitehead, Kally ^a   Kurz, Tim ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Empowerment; Female sexuality; Raunch culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249124772     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509102218     Document Type: Article

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