Getting on top through mass murder: Narrative, metaphor, and violence

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Presser, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

mass murder; metaphor; narrative; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861988452     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659011430443     Document Type: Review

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