Performing ambiguity: The passing of Ellen DeGeneres

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-54

  Shugart, Helene A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ellen Degeneres; Oppositional Reading; Passing; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947229892     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930310001602039     Document Type: Article

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