Electronic hybridity: The persistent processes of the vernacular web

Journal of American Folklore

Volumn 121, Issue 480, 2008, Pages

  Howard, Robert Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 54949128655     PISSN: 00218715     EISSN: 15351882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20487596     Document Type: Article

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