The Woman Warrior: A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Women and Media: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 81-103

  Riordan, Ellen ^a  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural imperialism; Cultural studies; Feminist media scholars; Feminist political economic; Media corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885981795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776421.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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