The strange discourse of The X-Files: What it is, what it does, and what is at stake

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-154

  Bellon, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/15295039909367083     Document Type: Article

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