Modernity's rescue mission: Postcolonial transactions of disability and sexuality

Canadian Journal of Film Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-68

  Kim, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84990928846     PISSN: 08475911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjfs.17.1.52     Document Type: Review

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