The skeleton on the couch: The Eagleton Affair,rhetorical disability,and the stigma of mental illness

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-478

  Johnson, Jenell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79958155441     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773945.2010.517234     Document Type: Article

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