“Where Was King Kong When We Needed Him?” Public Discourse, Digital Disaster Jokes, and the Functions of Laughter after 9/11

Journal of American Culture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-84

  Kuipers, Giselinde ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85164976836     PISSN: 15427331     EISSN: 1542734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.2005.00155.x     Document Type: Note

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