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The quest for identity through bodily pain: Female abjection in the literary work of Igiaba Scego Cover

The quest for identity through bodily pain: Female abjection in the literary work of Igiaba Scego

By: Camilla Skalle  
Open Access
|Apr 2020

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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 87
Published on: Apr 30, 2020
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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