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Trans embodiment in carceral space: hypermasculinity and the US prison industrial complex

Rae RosenbergDepartment of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Natalie OswinDepartment of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada
Pages 1269-1286 | Received 05 Sep 2013, Accepted 19 May 2014, Published online: 22 Oct 2014

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