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Book Title: Postcolonial Melancholia
Item Length: 1in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Paul Gilroy
Publication Name: Postcolonial Melancholia
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Series: The Wellek Library Lectures
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
