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‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’: State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006)

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‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’: State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006). / Camino Maroto, Mercedes.
In: Studies in European Cinema, Vol. 21, No. 2, 31.05.2024, p. 128-155.

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Camino Maroto, M 2024, '‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’: State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006)', Studies in European Cinema, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 128-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2022.2087050

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Camino Maroto, M. (2024). ‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’: State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006). Studies in European Cinema, 21(2), 128-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2022.2087050

Vancouver

Camino Maroto M. ‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’: State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006). Studies in European Cinema. 2024 May 31;21(2):128-155. Epub 2022 Jun 22. doi: 10.1080/17411548.2022.2087050

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Camino Maroto, Mercedes. / ‘Ghosts Don’t Cry’ : State of Exception and the Mother(land) in Pedro Almodóvar’s Live Flesh (1997) and Volver (2006). In: Studies in European Cinema. 2024 ; Vol. 21, No. 2. pp. 128-155.

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