"I Might Get Your Heart Racing in My Skin-Tight Jeans": Sexualization on Music Entertainment Television

Communication Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-194

  Vandenbosch, Laura ^a   Vervloessem, Dorien ^a   Eggermont, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender; Genres; Music Entertainment Television; Objectification; Sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875327875     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2012.755640     Document Type: Article

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