The rhetoric of choice and 21st-century feminism: Online conversations about work, family, and Sarah Palin

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-41

  Mccarver, Virginia ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Motherhood; Online discourse; Rhetoric of choice; Sarah Palin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957937445     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2011.566532     Document Type: Article

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