A Pilgrim's Progress: Metaphor in the Rhetoric of Mary Fisher, AIDS Activist

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-213

  McGee, Jennifer J ^a  

^a AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 24644448166     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2003.10162459     Document Type: Article

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