You kick the bucket; We do the rest!: Jokes and the culture of reprinting in the transatlantic press

Journal of Victorian Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-286

  Nicholson, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural transfer; humour; jokes; magazines; newspapers; periodicals; scissors and paste; snippet journalism; transatlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866546751     PISSN: 13555502     EISSN: 17500133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13555502.2012.702664     Document Type: Review

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