Politics of sex appeal in advertising: Female creatives and post-feminist sensibility in South Korea

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 474-491

  Fedorenko, Olga ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advertising; post feminism; sex appeal; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929044249     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2014.930060     Document Type: Review

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