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Book Title: Humiliation : and OTHER Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: William Ian Miller
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Medieval, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Emotions, Essays
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 1995
Genre: Literary Criticism, Psychology, Literary Collections, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages