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Original Articles

‘It’s a horrible, horrible feeling’: ghosting and the layered geographies of absent–presence in the prison visiting room

‘C’est un sentiment vraiment affreux’: le ghosting et les géographies à plusieurs niveaux de la présence absente dans la salle de visite en prison

‘Es un sentimiento horrible, horrible’: Ghosting y las geografías superpuestas de la presencia-ausente en la sala de visita de la prisión

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Pages 692-709 | Received 21 Oct 2016, Accepted 19 Jul 2017, Published online: 01 Sep 2017

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