Breaking the chains: Examining the endorsement of modern Jezebel images and racial-ethnic esteem among African American women

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 525-539

  Brown, Danice L ^a   White Johnson, Rhonda L ^b   Griffin Fennell, Felicia D ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Teikyo Post University   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; culture; Jezebel; sexual stereotyping; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879180490     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.772240     Document Type: Article

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