Lexicons of women's empowerment online: Appropriating the other

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-86

  Gajjala, Radhika ^a   Zhang, Yahui ^b   Dako Gyeke, Phyllis ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wayland Baptist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourses of liberal feminism; Discursive formations; Lexicons of empowerment; Online activism; Othering; Third world women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949888235     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770903457139     Document Type: Article

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