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- ↑ Joe Bob Briggs (December 18, 1992). "Berkeley professor Carol Clover, author of "Men, Women, and Chain Saws," may be the first person with a PhD ever to watch 200 slasher flicks BY CHOICE"". San Francisco Chronicle column, Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Clover, Carol J. (May 26, 2015). Men, Women, and Chain Saws. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16629-2.
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