The trials and tribulations of racialized critical rhetorical theory: Understanding the rhetorical ambiguities of proposition 187

Communication Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-270

  Hasian Jr , Marouf ^a   Delgado, Fernando ^a  

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EID: 0032129284     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.1998.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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