Mothers of soldiers in wartime: A national news narrative

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-445

  Slattery, Karen ^a   Garner, Ana C ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat Soldiers; Good Mother; Iraq War; Maternal Work; Patriotic Mother

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448941887     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180701694655     Document Type: Article

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