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Memory, power and Bessie head: A question of power

Pages 42-57 | Published online: 18 Jul 2008

Notes

  • “So, there's not much to go home to” . Gesture , 216
  • “feeling behind it...[:] a cringing, deep shame” . Power , 117

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