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Research Article

Life is a long exorcism: horror as mixed race resistance in Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda’s Monstress

Pages 540-555 | Received 10 Aug 2023, Accepted 06 Jan 2024, Published online: 19 Jan 2024

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