“Don't want no short people ‘round here”: Confronting heterosexism's intolerance through comic and disruptive narratives in Ally McBeal

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-318

  Cooper, Brenda ^a,b   Pease, Edward C ^b  

^a Women's Studies   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036623439     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374739     Document Type: Article

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