Putting hypersexuality to work: Black women and illicit eroticism in pornography

Sexualities

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-235

  Miller Young, Mireille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Discrimination; Pornography; Sex work; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950544368     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460709359229     Document Type: Article

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