Embodied Visions: Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film

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Embodied Visions : Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film. / Grodal, Torben Kragh.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 324 s.

Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Grodal, TK 2009, Embodied Visions: Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film. Oxford University Press, New York.

APA

Grodal, T. K. (2009). Embodied Visions: Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film. Oxford University Press.

Vancouver

Grodal TK. Embodied Visions: Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 324 s.

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Grodal, Torben Kragh. / Embodied Visions : Evolution, Emotion, Culture, and Film. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 324 s.

Bibtex

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