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Wakandan Utopia, Blackman’s Techno-Scientific Imaginaries, and the Complexities of Pseudoscience in Black Panther Cover

Wakandan Utopia, Blackman’s Techno-Scientific Imaginaries, and the Complexities of Pseudoscience in Black Panther

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|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.68 | Journal eISSN: 2184-6006
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2021
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Accepted on: Mar 8, 2022
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Published on: Apr 12, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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