images of gender, race, age and sexual orientation in disney films

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Journal of Feminist Family
Therapy
Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wfft20 Images of Gender, Race,
Age, and Sexual Orientation in Disney Feature-Length
AnimatedFilms
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Schindler Zimmerman , Lori K. Lund & Litsa
Renee Tanner

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Department at Colorado State University , USA
Published online: 08 Sep 2008.

To cite this article: Mia Adessa Towbin , Shelley A. Haddock , Toni Schindler
Zimmerman , Lori K. Lund & Litsa Renee Tanner (2004) Images of Gender, Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation in Disney Feature-Length AnimatedFilms, Journal of Feminist
Family Therapy, 15:4, 19-44, DOI: 10.1300/J086v15n04_02
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