The file: agency, authority, and autography in an Islamabad bureaucracy

Hull, Matthew S.

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The file: agency, authority, and autography in an Islamabad bureaucracy

Hull, Matthew S.·2003·Language & Communication

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Authors: Hull, M. S.
Affiliations: University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author: Hull, Matthew S.
ORCID: Hull, Matthew S.
Venue: Language & Communication
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2003-07
Volume: 23
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 287-314
ISSN: 0271-5309 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5309(03)00019-3
OpenAlex: W2065474537
Cited by: 382
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 55 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 23.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Language & Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Semiotics and Representation Studies
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Governance
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Keywords: bureaucratic authority, bureaucratic institutions, autography, materiality of documents, semiotics, collectivization

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