'The lady is a closet feminist!' discourses of backlash and postfeminism in british and american newspapers

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-565

  Mendes, Kaitlynn ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; discourse analysis; newspapers; patriarchy; postfeminism; second wave feminism; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054747822     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877911405754     Document Type: Article

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