Cultures of Forgery : Making Nations, Making Selves 9781135458201, 9780415968324

In Cultures of Forgery, leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word &q

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Cultures of Forgery : Making Nations, Making Selves
9781135458201, 9780415968324

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