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Book Title: Interrogating Orientalism : Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Jeffrey Cass
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Essays & Travelogues, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Travel, Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 286 Pages