Invisible Wounds: Structural Violence and Institutional Power in 4.48 Psychosis and Cleansed
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Authors
- Pradeep Kumar Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-5890)
- NADIA SHAFI
Institutions
- Glocal University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22873263
- Primary Topic
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00