Notes on the Variety and Uses of Satire, Sarcasm and Irony in Social Research, with Some Observations on Vices and Follies in the Academy

Power and Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Watson, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84888063244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/power.2011.3.2.139     Document Type: Article

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