Houseplants in Basildon: Urban Precarity, Class and Housing in Oisín McKenna’s Evenings and Weekends
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.243 | Journal eISSN: 2184-6006
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 8
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2025
Accepted on: May 25, 2026
Published on: Jun 26, 2026
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