Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia

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Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia. / Risør, Helene.

I: Public Culture, Bind 22, Nr. 3, 2010, s. 465-485.

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Risør, H 2010, 'Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia', Public Culture, bind 22, nr. 3, s. 465-485. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1215/08992363-2010-005

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Risør, H. (2010). Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia. Public Culture, 22(3), 465-485. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1215/08992363-2010-005

Vancouver

Risør H. Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia. Public Culture. 2010;22(3):465-485. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1215/08992363-2010-005

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Risør, Helene. / Twenty hanging Dolls and a Lynching: Defacing Dangerousness and enacting Citizenship in El Alto, Bolivia. I: Public Culture. 2010 ; Bind 22, Nr. 3. s. 465-485.

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