'What the hell is that?': The representation of professional service markets in The Simpsons

Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-723

  Ellis, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fictional representation; Markets; Professional identity; Satire

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749148727     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508408093649     Document Type: Review

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