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Publication details [#44127]

Wharton, Sue. 2006. Divide and rule: The power of adversarial subjectivities in the discourse of divorce. Text 26 (6) : 791–814.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

It is argued in this analysis that texts employed in legal divorce procedures in England and Wales, build an adversarial relationship between the divorcing parties, giving one spouse command over the other.