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Book Title: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics And Objects
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
Publication Name: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral : Ethics and Objects
Language: English
Publisher: Punctum Books
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Semiotics & Theory
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Author: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Item Length: 8 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
