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{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Mall, Vijay Laxmi (2019). "Foucault and Animals, edited by Chrulew, Matthew & Dinesh J. Wadiwel". Comparative Sociology. 18 (3): 413–5. doi:10.1163/15691330-12341503.
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