A Rhetorical Perspective on the Sokal Hoax: Genre, Style, and Context

Written Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-91

  Secor, Marie ^a   Walsh, Lynda ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural studies; genre; hoaxes; rhetoric; science studies; scientific rhetoric; Sokal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001180065     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088303261037     Document Type: Article

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