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Research Articles

Embodied consequences, doing jishuku and staying home: literary depictions of Japan’s Covid-19 disaster response

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Pages 66-81 | Received 11 Oct 2021, Accepted 14 Nov 2022, Published online: 19 Dec 2022

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