Technologies of sexiness: Theorizing women's engagement in the sexualization of culture

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-131

  Evans, Adrienne ^a   Riley, Sarah ^a   Shankar, Avi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Mediated subjectivities; Sexualization of culture; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649262588     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509351854     Document Type: Article

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