Abstract

Abstract Recent scholars explain “genres”; as important sites of flux. Instances of instability or change in genres often reflect — and enact — critical power struggles. After tracing recent genre theory, 1 consider how the varied textual elements in the early bulletins of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor reflect and enact the power struggles that emerged as a particular group of American women labor activists attempted to gain authority within the federal bureaucracy.

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
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2003-01-01
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10.1080/02773940309391244
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  1. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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