The ideological effects of a failed constitutive rhetoric: The co-option of the rhetoric of white lesbian feminism

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-31

  Tate, Helen ^a  

^a Mathematics and Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84944881403     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2005.10162482     Document Type: Article

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