Towards a rearticulation of women‐as‐victims: A thematic analysis of the construction of women's identities surrounding gendered violence

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 292-311

  Reich, Nina M ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation; Identity; Survivor; Victim; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444238393     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370209385665     Document Type: Article

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