Representations of women on Australian breast cancer websites: Cultural ‘inclusivity’ and marginalisation

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 433-452

  Gibson, Alexandra ^a   Lee, Christina ^a   Crabb, Shona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; breast cancer; cultural competence; culturally and linguistically diverse; Indigenous women; lesbian; multimodal critical discourse analysis; websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975038157     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783314562418     Document Type: Article

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