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Book Title: Double Agency: Acts Of Impersonation In Asian American Liter...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Tina Chen
Publication Name: Double Agency : Acts of Impersonation in Asian American Literature and Culture
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Asian America Ser.
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
