Sense and Sensibility in Technical Documentation: How Feminist Interpretation Strategies can Save Lives in the Nation's Mines

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 63-83

  Sauer, Beverly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 33749868156     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651993007001004     Document Type: Article

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