A will to youth: The woman's anti-aging elixir

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1236-1243

  Smirnova, Michelle Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Content analysis; Cosmeceutical; Discourse analysis; Disney; Fairytale; United States

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DRUG; MATERIAL CULTURE; MEDIA ROLE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADVERTIZING; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGING; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; COSMETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL MARKETING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864307992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.061     Document Type: Article

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