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The map, the territory, and the impossibility of painting a priest

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The map, the territory, and the impossibility of painting a priest. / Diken, Bulent.
In: Critical Sociology, Vol. 42, No. 7-8, 01.11.2016, p. 1109-1124.

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Diken B. The map, the territory, and the impossibility of painting a priest. Critical Sociology. 2016 Nov 1;42(7-8):1109-1124. Epub 2014 Dec 29. doi: 10.1177/0896920514551209

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Diken, Bulent. / The map, the territory, and the impossibility of painting a priest. In: Critical Sociology. 2016 ; Vol. 42, No. 7-8. pp. 1109-1124.

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