Celebrity (post)feminism, the Sixties feminist blockbuster and Down with Love

Sixties

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Taylor, Anthea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Betty Friedan; celebrity; Down with Love; feminist publishing; Helen Gurley Brown; popular culture; postfeminism; Renee Zellweger; romance; second wave feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952876026     PISSN: 17541328     EISSN: 17541336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17541321003783719     Document Type: Article

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