Women speak(ing): Forty years of feminist contributions to rhetoric and an agenda for feminist rhetorical studies

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Meyer, Michaela D E ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance building; Feminist rhetoric; Intentional ambiguity; Inter rhetorical reflexivity; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058225872     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370600998293     Document Type: Article

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