Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île

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Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île. / Grass, Delphine.
In: L'Esprit Créateur, Vol. 52, No. 2, 07.2012, p. 127-140.

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Grass, D 2012, 'Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île', L'Esprit Créateur, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1353/esp.2012.0017

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Grass, D. (2012). Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île. L'Esprit Créateur, 52(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1353/esp.2012.0017

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Grass D. Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île. L'Esprit Créateur. 2012 Jul;52(2):127-140. doi: 10.1353/esp.2012.0017

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Grass, Delphine. / Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île. In: L'Esprit Créateur. 2012 ; Vol. 52, No. 2. pp. 127-140.

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