The Tyranny of the serial: Popular geopolitics, the nation, and comic book discourse

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-268

  Dittmer, Jason ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL THEORY; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EID: 34247880208     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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