Signifying the Nation(In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010)

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Signifying the Nation : (In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010) . / Wood, Jennifer.

Spaces of Longing and Belonging: Territoriality, Ideology and Creative Identity in Literature and Film. ed. / Brigitte le Juez; Bill Richardson. Brill, 2019. p. 210-231.

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Harvard

Wood, J 2019, Signifying the Nation: (In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010) . in B le Juez & B Richardson (eds), Spaces of Longing and Belonging: Territoriality, Ideology and Creative Identity in Literature and Film. Brill, pp. 210-231.

APA

Wood, J. (2019). Signifying the Nation: (In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010) . In B. le Juez, & B. Richardson (Eds.), Spaces of Longing and Belonging: Territoriality, Ideology and Creative Identity in Literature and Film (pp. 210-231). Brill.

Vancouver

Wood J. Signifying the Nation: (In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010) . In le Juez B, Richardson B, editors, Spaces of Longing and Belonging: Territoriality, Ideology and Creative Identity in Literature and Film. Brill. 2019. p. 210-231

Author

Wood, Jennifer. / Signifying the Nation : (In)Communication, Absence and National (Be)Longing in Marc Evans’s Patagonia (2010) . Spaces of Longing and Belonging: Territoriality, Ideology and Creative Identity in Literature and Film. editor / Brigitte le Juez ; Bill Richardson. Brill, 2019. pp. 210-231

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