Conceptualizations of female empowerment and enjoyment of sexualized characters in reality television

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-288

  Cato, Mackenzie ^a   Carpentier, Francesca Renee Dillman ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 77953446452     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205430903225589     Document Type: Article

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