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Of political intentions and trivial conventions : Erika Pluhar's Die Wahl (2003) and Marlene Streeruwitz's Jessica, 30. (2004)

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Of political intentions and trivial conventions : Erika Pluhar's Die Wahl (2003) and Marlene Streeruwitz's Jessica, 30. (2004). / Fiddler, Allyson.
In: German Life and Letters, Vol. 64, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 133-144.

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Fiddler A. Of political intentions and trivial conventions : Erika Pluhar's Die Wahl (2003) and Marlene Streeruwitz's Jessica, 30. (2004). German Life and Letters. 2011 Jan;64(1):133-144. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2010.01525.x

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