“Be your own windkeeper”: Friends, feminism, and rhetorical strategies of depoliticization

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-264

  Rockler, Naomi R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Depoliticization; Friends; Postfeminism; Second Wave feminism; Situation comedy; Therapeutic rhetoric; Third Wave feminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009469495     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2006.10162500     Document Type: Article

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