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Otherized food, racialized bodies: Discourses of food, smell and racism in Nicholas Kharkongor’s Axone

Rajbir SamalDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]

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Binod MishraDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, IndiaView further author information

Pages 1-15 | Published online: 11 Apr 2024

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