Discipline in Chaos: Foucault, Dementia and Aging in India
โ Scribed by Bianca Brijnath; Lenore Manderson
- Book ID
- 106461772
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-005X
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