Benevolent invaders, heroic victims and depraved villains: White femininity in media coverage of the invasion of Iraq

(En)Gendering the War on Terror: War Stories and Camouflaged Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 73-96

  Brittain, Melisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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