Reconceptualizing rhetorical activism in contemporary feminist contexts

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-74

  Sowards, Stacey K ^a   Renegar, Valerie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Counterpublics; Social movements; Social protest; Third wave feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944474979     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170500487996     Document Type: Article

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