Reading for the Comic: Connolly and the Politics of Becoming

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Reading for the Comic : Connolly and the Politics of Becoming. / Tønder, Lars.

In: Theory & Event, Vol. 22, No. 3, 07.2019, p. 747-758.

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Harvard

Tønder, L 2019, 'Reading for the Comic: Connolly and the Politics of Becoming', Theory & Event, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 747-758. <https://muse-jhu-edu.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/article/729440>

APA

Tønder, L. (2019). Reading for the Comic: Connolly and the Politics of Becoming. Theory & Event, 22(3), 747-758. https://muse-jhu-edu.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/article/729440

Vancouver

Tønder L. Reading for the Comic: Connolly and the Politics of Becoming. Theory & Event. 2019 Jul;22(3):747-758.

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Tønder, Lars. / Reading for the Comic : Connolly and the Politics of Becoming. In: Theory & Event. 2019 ; Vol. 22, No. 3. pp. 747-758.

Bibtex

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