The new backlash: Popular culture’s "marriage" with feminism, or love is all you need

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 160-169

  Vint, Sherryl ^a,b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backlash; Bewitched; Feminism; The stepford wives; Third wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449116603     PISSN: 01956051     EISSN: 19306458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JPFT.34.4.160-169     Document Type: Article

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