May the circle stay unbroken: Friends, the presence of absence, and the rhetorical reinforcement of whiteness

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-174

  Chidester, Phil ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Box 4480 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Absence; Friends; Rhetoric; Visual; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949098242     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030802031772     Document Type: Review

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