Feminist editors and the new girl glossies: Fashionable feminism or just another sexist rag?

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Keller, Jessalynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMINISM; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 79952701273     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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