“Styled by Their Perceptions”: Black Adolescent Girls Interpret Representations of Black Females in Popular Culture

Multicultural Perspectives

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 133-140

  Muhammad, Gholnecsar E ^a   McArthur, Sherell A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84939239947     PISSN: 15210960     EISSN: 15327892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15210960.2015.1048340     Document Type: Article

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