Sex Roles

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Expose the Illusions, Crack the Codes: Contextualizing Visual Media to Mold a New Reality

Cover Girl Culture: Awakening the Media Generation. By Nicole Clark, New York, Women Make Movies, 2009. 80 min. $295.00 (University Price). www.wmm.com. and The Codes of Gender: Identity & Performance in Popular Culture. By Sut Jhally, Northampton, Mass., Media Education Foundation, 2009. 72 min. (unabridged), 46 min. (abridged). $275.00 (University Price). ISBN: 1-932869-39-5. www.mediaed.org
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Ohio State UniversityColumbusUSA
  2. 2.Virginia Wesleyan CollegeNorfolkUSA

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