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Research Article

Co-Constructing a Gender–State Entanglement in Canonical Three Kingdoms Fandom: A Discourse-Historical Approach

Pages 410-429 | Received 02 Nov 2022, Accepted 24 Feb 2023, Published online: 20 Aug 2023

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