“I'm all for equal rights, but don't call me a feminist”: Identity dilemmas in young adults' discursive representations of being a feminist

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-132

  Olson, Loreen N ^a   Coffelt, Tina A ^a   Ray, Eileen Berlin ^b   Rudd, Jill ^b   Botta, Renée ^c   Ray, George ^b   Kopfman, Jenifer E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist; Feminist communication theory; Identity; Social constructionism; Third wave feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861550317     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2008.10162524     Document Type: Article

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