Animist Poetics
Ancestral Trauma and Regeneration in African Literature
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-08-01
- Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
- Vikt544 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieSUNY series, Philosophy and Race
- Antal sidor296
- FörlagState University of New York Press
- ISBN9798855803259