Confessional discourse and modern desires: Power and please in True Story magazine

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 174-193

  Mandziuk, Roseann M ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039296167     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180128076     Document Type: Article

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