On-line Executions: The Symbolic Use of the Electric Chair in Cyberspace

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Lynch, Mona ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28744443885     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.2000.23.2.1     Document Type: Article

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