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Book Title: Permanent Liminality And Modernity: Analysing The Sacrificia...
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Permanent Liminality and Modernity : Analysing the Sacrificial Carnival Through Novels
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Sociology / General, General
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Author: Arpàd Szakolczai
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Contemporary Liminality Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
