Post-feminist advertising laid bare: Young women's talk about the sexually agentic woman of 'midriff' advertising

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-99

  Malson, Helen ^a   Halliwell, Emma ^a   Tischner, Irmgard ^a   Rúdólfsdóttir, Annadís ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

advertising; discourse; midriff figures; post feminism; reading; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551484030     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353510370030     Document Type: Article

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