And still more drama!: A comparison of the portrayals of African-American women and African-American men on BET's College Hill

Western Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-49

  Smith, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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