Hearts of darkness and hot zones: The ideologeme of imperial contagion in recent accounts of viral outbreaks

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 430-447

  Bass, Jeff D ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Ebola; Ideologeme; Imperialism; Joseph Conrad

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000589433     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639809384231     Document Type: Article

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