"Seismic Cultural Change?": British media representations of same-sex 'marriage'

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Jowett, Adam ^a   Peel, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARRIAGE; MEDIA ROLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952671382     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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