Immaculate consumption: Negotiating the sex symbol in postfeminist celebrity culture

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 268-281

  Evans, Adrienne ^a   Riley, Sarah ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

celebrity culture; neoliberalism; postfeminism; sexualisation of culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885360770     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2012.658145     Document Type: Article

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