Images of a Breakthrough Woman Candidate: Dianne Feinstein's 1990, 1992, 1994 Campaign Television Advertisements

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-26

  Sullivan, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 85012564473     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.1998.10162411     Document Type: Article

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