“What Mean Expendable?”: Myth, Ideology, and Meaning in First Blood and Rambo

Journal of American Culture

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 63-69

  Sweeney, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 25644437988     PISSN: 15427331     EISSN: 1542734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.1999.2203_63.x     Document Type: Article

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