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The Loss of the Human and the End of Boredom. / Gere, Charles Edward.
In: CounterText, Vol. 1, No. 3, 12.2015, p. 289-303.

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Gere, CE 2015, 'The Loss of the Human and the End of Boredom', CounterText, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 289-303. https://doi.org/10.3366/count.2015.0024

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Gere, C. E. (2015). The Loss of the Human and the End of Boredom. CounterText, 1(3), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.3366/count.2015.0024

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Gere CE. The Loss of the Human and the End of Boredom. CounterText. 2015 Dec;1(3):289-303. doi: 10.3366/count.2015.0024

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Gere, Charles Edward. / The Loss of the Human and the End of Boredom. In: CounterText. 2015 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 289-303.

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