Digital Nomads and Settler Desires: Racial Fantasies of Silicon Valley Imperialism
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies/revue d'études interculturelle de l'image
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1918-8439
DOI: 10.17742/image.cr.10.1.8