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Introduction. / Rösing, Lilian Munk.

Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. ed. / Lilian Munk Rösing; Henrik Jøker Bjerre; Kirsten Hyldgaard; Jakob Rosendal; Brian Benjamin Hansen. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. p. 1-14.

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Harvard

Rösing, LM 2020, Introduction. in LM Rösing, HJ Bjerre, K Hyldgaard, J Rosendal & BB Hansen (eds), Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 1-14.

APA

Rösing, L. M. (2020). Introduction. In L. M. Rösing, H. J. Bjerre, K. Hyldgaard, J. Rosendal, & B. B. Hansen (Eds.), Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier (pp. 1-14). Bloomsbury Academic.

Vancouver

Rösing LM. Introduction. In Rösing LM, Bjerre HJ, Hyldgaard K, Rosendal J, Hansen BB, editors, Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. p. 1-14

Author

Rösing, Lilian Munk. / Introduction. Analyzing the Cultural Unconscious: Science of the Signifier. editor / Lilian Munk Rösing ; Henrik Jøker Bjerre ; Kirsten Hyldgaard ; Jakob Rosendal ; Brian Benjamin Hansen. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. pp. 1-14

Bibtex

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