Eulogy Rhetoric as a Political Coping Mechanism: The Aftermath of Proposition 8

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-43

  Hansen, Wesley D ^a   Dionisopoulos, George N ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Election Defeat; Eulogy; Gay Marriage; LGBT Media; Proposition 8

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857081599     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2012.637540     Document Type: Article

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