Rap music videos and African American women's body image: The moderating role of ethnic identity

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-278

  Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a   Dixon, Travis L ^a   Conrad, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER ISSUE; MASS MEDIA; MUSIC; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 68049115528     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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