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Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism

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Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism. / Oliver, Catherine.
In: Social and Cultural Geography, 05.09.2021.

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Oliver, C 2021, 'Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism', Social and Cultural Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1975164

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Oliver, C. (2021). Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism. Social and Cultural Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1975164

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Oliver C. Vegan world-making in meat-centric society: the embodied geographies of veganism. Social and Cultural Geography. 2021 Sept 5. doi: 10.1080/14649365.2021.1975164

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Oliver, Catherine. / Vegan world-making in meat-centric society : the embodied geographies of veganism. In: Social and Cultural Geography. 2021.

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