Mapping the vast suburban tundra: Australian comedy from Dame Edna to Kath and Kim

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-32

  Turnbull, Sue ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comedy; Cosmopolitanism; Globalisation; National identity; Suburbia; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549099685     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877907086390     Document Type: Article

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