Constructing Images in Presidential Primaries: An Analysis of Discourse Strategies in the Dole and Bush Iowa Straw Poll Speeches

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-78

  Banwart, Mary Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

campaigns; female candidates; gender; image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993201846     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2006.11821663     Document Type: Article

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