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Book Title: Essay On Exoticism: An Aesthetics Of Diversity
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: VICTOR Segalen
Publication Name: Essay ON Exoticism : an Aesthetics of Diversity
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions Ser.
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 120 Pages
