Race and Genre in the Use of Sexual Objectification in Female Artists' Music Videos

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-87

  Frisby, Cynthia M ^a   Aubrey, Jennifer Stevens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

gaze; gender; popular music; provocative dress; race and ethnic differences in music videos; sexual objectification; sexualization; sexualized dance; skin exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857290603     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2012.641880     Document Type: Article

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