Embodying sexualisation: When theory meets practice in intergenerational feminist activism

Feminist Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-284

  Edell, Dana ^a   Brown, Lyn Mikel ^b   Tolman, Deborah ^c  

^a SPARK Movement ^*  (United States)

^b Colby College   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; girls; intergenerational; sexualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887537065     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700113499844     Document Type: Article

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