New girl heroes: The rise of popular feminist commentators in an era of sexualisation

Gender and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Charles, Claire Elizabeth ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

femininities; girls; popular culture; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861206452     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2012.666233     Document Type: Article

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