Dress and the female gender role in magazine advertisements of 1950-1994: A content analysis

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-58

  Paff, Jennifer L ^a   Lakner, Hilda Buckley ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84937260214     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X970261002     Document Type: Article

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