Evolution of "The new frontier" in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal co-optation of the feminine archetype

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1-24

  Rushing, Janice Hocker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84944585658     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335638909383859     Document Type: Article

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