'Feminism rules! Now, where's my swimsuit?' Re-evaluating feminist discourse in print media 1968-2008

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 554-570

  Mendes, Kaitlynn ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical discourse analysis; news coverage; postfeminism; representation; Second Wave feminism; Third Wave feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863752749     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443712442701     Document Type: Article

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