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“No Magic in Being Lost”: Conservative Sentiment in Ling Ma’s Severance Cover

“No Magic in Being Lost”: Conservative Sentiment in Ling Ma’s Severance

By: Ingo Peters  
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2024-0026 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 61 - 81
Published on: Dec 30, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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