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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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Who goes there? Accounting for gender in the urge to explore abandoned military bunkers

¿Quién anda ahí? Dar cuenta del género en el deseo de explorar búnkeres militares abandonados

谁会去那里?废弃军事碉堡探险欲望的性别解释

Pages 630-646 | Received 30 Jul 2010, Accepted 09 Jan 2012, Published online: 12 Jul 2012

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