Talk Like a Man: Speech, Power, and Masculinity in Early New England

Gender and History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-47

  Kamensky, Jane ^a  

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EID: 33750152208     PISSN: 09535233     EISSN: 14680424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0424.1996.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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