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Skywalker: Bad Fathers and Good Sons

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Skywalker: Bad Fathers and Good Sons. / Baker, Brian.
Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture: in Search of Good Men. ed. / S. Martín; M.I. Santaulària. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. p. 197-213.

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Harvard

Baker, B 2023, Skywalker: Bad Fathers and Good Sons. in S Martín & MI Santaulària (eds), Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture: in Search of Good Men. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22144-6_12

APA

Baker, B. (2023). Skywalker: Bad Fathers and Good Sons. In S. Martín, & M. I. Santaulària (Eds.), Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture: in Search of Good Men (pp. 197-213). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22144-6_12

Vancouver

Baker B. Skywalker: Bad Fathers and Good Sons. In Martín S, Santaulària MI, editors, Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture: in Search of Good Men. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2023. p. 197-213 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22144-6_12

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Baker, Brian. / Skywalker : Bad Fathers and Good Sons. Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture: in Search of Good Men. editor / S. Martín ; M.I. Santaulària. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. pp. 197-213

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