Wit and Politics: An Essay on Laughter and Power

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1352-1401

  Speier, Hans ^a  

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EID: 0346968474     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231355     Document Type: Review

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