The postmodern politics of context definition: Competing reality frames in the Hill-Thomas spectacle

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-305

  Robinson, Cherylon ^a   Powell, Lawrence Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 0000791150     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1996.tb01750.x     Document Type: Article

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