The rhetoric of “The Body:” jesse ventura and bakhtin's carnival

Communication Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-214

  Janack, James A ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnival; Jesse Ventura; Mikhail Bakhtin; Political Outsider; Political Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749149777     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970600666875     Document Type: Article

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