Making citizens, reassembling devices: On gender and the development of contemporary public sites of repair in Northern California

Public Culture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-77

  Rosner, Daniela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84893569277     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2346250     Document Type: Article

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