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Book Title: Disaster And Memory: Celebrity Culture And The Crisis Of Hol...
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Author: Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publication Name: Disaster and Memory : Celebrity Culture and the Crisis of Hollywood Cinema
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
