Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
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HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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9780062936813
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Rebekah Taussig., & Rebekah Taussig|AUTHOR. (2020). Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body . HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rebekah Taussig and Rebekah Taussig|AUTHOR. 2020. Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rebekah Taussig and Rebekah Taussig|AUTHOR. Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rebekah Taussig, and Rebekah Taussig|AUTHOR. Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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