Glamour modelling and the marketing of self-sexualization: Critical reflections

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-675

  Coy, Maddy ^a   Garner, Maria ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

empowerment; feminism; gender; glamour; modelling; respectability; sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649648880     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877910376576     Document Type: Article

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