Addressing the sublime: Space, mass representation, and the unpresentable

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-240

  Stormer, Nathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 3142667678     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739318042000212707     Document Type: Review

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