Against the grain: black women and sexuality

Agenda

Volumn 19, Issue 63, 2005, Pages 11-24

  Lewis, Desiree ^a  

^a Provincial Administration of the Western Cape   (South Africa)

Author keywords

black women; bodies; media; photography; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044813886     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2005.9674561     Document Type: Article

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