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Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema

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Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema. / Missero, Dalila.
In: Feminist Media Histories, Vol. 4, No. 4, 01.10.2018, p. 57-82.

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Missero, D 2018, 'Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema', Feminist Media Histories, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 57-82. https://doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2018.4.4.57

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Missero, D. (2018). Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema. Feminist Media Histories, 4(4), 57-82. https://doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2018.4.4.57

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Missero D. Titillating Cuts: Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema. Feminist Media Histories. 2018 Oct 1;4(4):57-82. doi: 10.1525/fmh.2018.4.4.57

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Missero, Dalila. / Titillating Cuts : Genealogies of Women Editors in Italian Cinema. In: Feminist Media Histories. 2018 ; Vol. 4, No. 4. pp. 57-82.

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