More-than-human gender performativity

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More-than-human gender performativity. / Dichman, Anne-Sofie.

In: Distinktion, 02.03.2023.

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Dichman, A-S 2023, 'More-than-human gender performativity', Distinktion. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2023.2178476

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Dichman, A-S. (2023). More-than-human gender performativity. Distinktion. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2023.2178476

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Dichman A-S. More-than-human gender performativity. Distinktion. 2023 Mar 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2023.2178476

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Dichman, Anne-Sofie. / More-than-human gender performativity. In: Distinktion. 2023.

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