Media, Empowerment and the 'Sexualization of Culture' Debates

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 736-745

  Gill, Rosalind ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Media; Postfeminism; Sexualization; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860579316     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0107-1     Document Type: Article

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