Contested feminisms in the British quality press

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-407

  Dean, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

domestication; feminism; post feminism; quality press; The Guardian; The Times

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650565376     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2010.514112     Document Type: Review

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