Culture and its discontents: Recent theorizing on the cultural dimensions of protest

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-450

  Polletta, Francesca ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1997.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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