Brain, brow, and booty: Latina iconicity in U.S. popular culture

Communication Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-221

  Guzmán, Isabel Molina ^a   Valdivia, Angharad N ^a  

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

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EID: 85068288266     PISSN: 10714421     EISSN: 15477487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714420490448723     Document Type: Article

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