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Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image Paperback - 2011
by Rosalind Galt
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- Title Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image
- Author Rosalind Galt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2011-05-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780231153478 / 0231153473
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - Aesthetics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010045025
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.430
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