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Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia: Gothic and Critical Disability Studies

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Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia: Gothic and Critical Disability Studies. / Wasson, Sara.
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability. ed. / Alice Hall. London: Routledge, 2020. p. 70-81.

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Wasson, S 2020, Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia: Gothic and Critical Disability Studies. in A Hall (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability. Routledge, London, pp. 70-81. <https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Literature-and-Disability-1st-Edition/Hall/p/book/9781138043602>

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Wasson, S. (2020). Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia: Gothic and Critical Disability Studies. In A. Hall (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability (pp. 70-81). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Literature-and-Disability-1st-Edition/Hall/p/book/9781138043602

Vancouver

Wasson S. Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia: Gothic and Critical Disability Studies. In Hall A, editor, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability. London: Routledge. 2020. p. 70-81

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Wasson, Sara. / Spectrality, Strangeness and Stigmaphilia : Gothic and Critical Disability Studies. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability. editor / Alice Hall. London : Routledge, 2020. pp. 70-81

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