Communities of practice, gender, and the representation of sexual assault

Language in Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-256

  Ehrlich, Susan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Feminism; Gender; Institutional discourse; Power; Sexual assault; Social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033148751     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404599002067     Document Type: Article

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