Father trouble: Staging sovereignty in Spielberg's War of the Worlds

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Gunn, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Father figure; George W. Bush; Ideology; Sovereignty; State of exception

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949190966     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030701849332     Document Type: Article

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