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Bending Time and Space for Pan-Americanism: Shots of the “Western Hemisphere” in Wartime Cinema

Maria G. GattiView further author information
Pages 427-448 | Received 02 Apr 2020, Accepted 01 Jun 2023, Published online: 14 Nov 2023

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