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Immigrant protest: noborder scholarship

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Immigrant protest: noborder scholarship. / Tyler, Imogen.
Immigrant protest: politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent. ed. / Katarzyna Marciniak; Imogen Tyler. New York: SUNY Press, 2014. p. 1-25 (Praxis: Theory in Action).

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Harvard

Tyler, I 2014, Immigrant protest: noborder scholarship. in K Marciniak & I Tyler (eds), Immigrant protest: politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent. Praxis: Theory in Action, SUNY Press, New York, pp. 1-25.

APA

Tyler, I. (2014). Immigrant protest: noborder scholarship. In K. Marciniak, & I. Tyler (Eds.), Immigrant protest: politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent (pp. 1-25). (Praxis: Theory in Action). SUNY Press.

Vancouver

Tyler I. Immigrant protest: noborder scholarship. In Marciniak K, Tyler I, editors, Immigrant protest: politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent. New York: SUNY Press. 2014. p. 1-25. (Praxis: Theory in Action).

Author

Tyler, Imogen. / Immigrant protest : noborder scholarship. Immigrant protest: politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent. editor / Katarzyna Marciniak ; Imogen Tyler. New York : SUNY Press, 2014. pp. 1-25 (Praxis: Theory in Action).

Bibtex

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