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Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19

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Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19. / Sun, Xinmei; Chałupnik, Małgorzata.
In: Discourse and Society, Vol. 33, No. 5, 30.09.2022, p. 650-670.

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Sun, X & Chałupnik, M 2022, 'Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19', Discourse and Society, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 650-670. https://doi.org/10.1177/09579265221096029

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Sun, X., & Chałupnik, M. (2022). Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19. Discourse and Society, 33(5), 650-670. https://doi.org/10.1177/09579265221096029

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Sun X, Chałupnik M. Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere: Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19. Discourse and Society. 2022 Sept 30;33(5):650-670. Epub 2022 May 19. doi: 10.1177/09579265221096029

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Sun, Xinmei ; Chałupnik, Małgorzata. / Sacrificing long hair and the domestic sphere : Reporting on female medical workers in Chinese online news during Covid-19. In: Discourse and Society. 2022 ; Vol. 33, No. 5. pp. 650-670.

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