"I'm not a feminist... I only defend women as human beings": The production, representation, and consumption of feminism in a telenovela

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-294

  Acosta Alzuru, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/07393180302775     Document Type: Article

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