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Orthography Is Political

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2021

Richard Schechner
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TDR Continued…
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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , March 2021 , pp. 208 - 217
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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