Understanding the manga hype: Unconvering the multimodality of comic-book literacies

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-49

  Schwartz, Adam ^a   Rubinstein Ávila, Eliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 33749165101     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.50.1.5     Document Type: Review

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