Becoming Intimately Mobile

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Becoming Intimately Mobile. / Bialski, Paula.
Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, 2012. 189 p. (Warsaw studies in culture and society; Vol. 2).

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Bialski, P 2012, Becoming Intimately Mobile. Warsaw studies in culture and society, vol. 2, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-01584-3

APA

Bialski, P. (2012). Becoming Intimately Mobile. (Warsaw studies in culture and society; Vol. 2). Peter Lang Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-01584-3

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Bialski P. Becoming Intimately Mobile. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, 2012. 189 p. (Warsaw studies in culture and society). doi: 10.3726/978-3-653-01584-3

Bibtex

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