Postfeminist heterotopias: Negotiating 'safe' and 'seedy' in the British sex shop space

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-229

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ann Summers; Heterotopia; Postfeminism; Sexualized culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954718050     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506810368817     Document Type: Article

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