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Sweet surrender?: Changing autonomobile structures of feeling

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Sweet surrender? Changing autonomobile structures of feeling. / Buscher, Monika; Yu, Fei.
In: Applied Mobilities, 09.04.2024.

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Buscher M, Yu F. Sweet surrender? Changing autonomobile structures of feeling. Applied Mobilities. 2024 Apr 9. Epub 2024 Apr 9. doi: 10.1080/23800127.2024.2340352

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