The “nine lives” of oppositional culture?

Du Bois Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Lewis, Amanda E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84912138715     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X1300009X     Document Type: Article

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