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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Dynamics of social class contempt in contemporary British television comedy

Sharon Lockyer School of Social Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 121-138 | Received 17 Oct 2008, Published online: 15 Apr 2010

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