Are wildlife films really "nature documentaries"?

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-140

  Bousé, Derek ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

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EID: 0032221311     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295039809367038     Document Type: Article

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