Sensational! violent! popular! death in American movies

Omega

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-149

  Schultz, Ned W ^a   Huet, Lisa M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751180123     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/6gdx-4w40-5b94-mx0g     Document Type: Article

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