Motion pictures as metaphoric consumption: How animal narratives teach us to be human

Semiotica

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-79

  Hirschman, Elizabeth C ^a   Sanders, Clinton R ^b  

^a State University of New Jersey

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0002850058     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.1997.115.1-2.53     Document Type: Article

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