Performing Gender: A Content Analysis of Gender Display in Music Videos.

This study investigated differences in gender display by male and female performers in music videos. Goffman's () conceptual framework of gender display was refined and expanded upon as a basis for analyzing 12 nonverbal displays associated with subordination, domination, sexuality, and aggression i...

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Published in:Sex Roles Vol. 64; no. 3-4; pp. 160 - 173
Main Author: Wallis, Cara
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2011
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