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(Dis)embodied Labour?: Assessing the Body under Capitalism in William Gibson’s Neuromancer Cover

(Dis)embodied Labour?: Assessing the Body under Capitalism in William Gibson’s Neuromancer

By: Bipasha Mandal and  Smriti Singh  
Open Access
|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 126 - 149
Published on: Jan 26, 2024
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