'Improper distance': Towards a critical account of solidarity as irony

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-381

  Chouliaraki, Lilie ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agonism; humanitarianism; irony; new media; pity; proper distance; solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959538449     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877911403247     Document Type: Article

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