Social and political perception of the borat phenomenon in Kazakhstan: Evidence from a case study of university student

Studies of Transition States and Societies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Beacháin, Donnacha O ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Borat; Kazakhstan; KIMEP; Nazarbayev; Sacha Baron Cohen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872504780     PISSN: 1736874X     EISSN: 17368758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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