Color between materiality and signification

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Color between materiality and signification. / Rösing, Lilian Munk.

Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. p. 215-224.

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Rösing, LM 2020, Color between materiality and signification. in Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 215-224.

APA

Rösing, L. M. (2020). Color between materiality and signification. In Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier (pp. 215-224). Bloomsbury Academic.

Vancouver

Rösing LM. Color between materiality and signification. In Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. p. 215-224

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Rösing, Lilian Munk. / Color between materiality and signification. Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. pp. 215-224

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