LEADER 03236nam 22006853u 450 001 9910823884503321 005 20230126210946.0 010 $a1-77558-640-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000496401 035 $a(EBL)1563924 035 $a(OCoLC)863821934 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001060868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11588187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11097482 035 $a(PQKB)11570394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1563924 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5649446 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000496401 100 $a20160418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDominion of Signs $eTelevision, Advertising and Other New Zealand Fictions 210 $aAuckland $cAuckland University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (175 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-77558-178-0 327 $aCover; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction: Does the Book Stop Here?; 2 Cinderella and the Silver Mercedes: Popular Culture and the Construction of National Identity; 3 Toyota Country and Toyota City: Urbanism and the Representation of Community; 4 Restricted Vision: Images of Australia in New Zealand Television Commercials; 5 Black to the Future; 6 Am I Rite? Or Am I Write? Or Am I Right? A New Zealand Reading of The Singing Detective; 7 Flying by Nets: The Social Pattern of New Zealand Fiction 327 $a8 Millennial Pursuit: From the Listener's 'Man Alone' to Theory K's Scout TroopReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z 330 $a
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