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    <body><![CDATA[Oh academic kool aid, how I refuse to drink you.<br/><br/>The snippets of women's stories are the absolute best part of this book, and the way Thapan teases out class among the women she studies is really interesting. Or, it *would* be really interesting if her writing was more accessible.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66909286">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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