'Pole-arized' discourse: An analysis of responses to Miley Cyrus's Teen Choice Awards pole dance

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-183

  Lamb, Sharon ^a   Graling, Kelly ^a   Wheeler, Emily E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

media; self sexualization; Sexualization of adolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876737333     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353512472482     Document Type: Article

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