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Book Title: Excommunication: Three Inquiries In Media And Mediation
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Excommunication : Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0 in
Subject: Communication Studies, Media Studies, General, Interpersonal Relations
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Psychology
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Mckenzie Wark, Alexander R. Galloway, Eugene Thacker
Series: Trios Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
