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A woman should be scared: maternal ambivalence in Under the Shadow

Sara SaljoughiDepartment of English, University of Toronto Scarborough and Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 132-144 | Published online: 17 Jul 2023

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