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Book Title: Creolization of Theory
Item Length: 0.4in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 0.2in
Author: Shu-Mei Shih
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Semiotics & Theory, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 15.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
