Images of powerful women in the age of 'choice feminism'

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-78

  Hatton, Erin ^a   Trautner, Mary Nell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

body; feminism; gender; media; popular culture; sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874764742     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2012.681184     Document Type: Article

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