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Book Title: Still Life In Real Time: Theory After Television
Item Length: 9.8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.9in
Author: Richard Dienst
Publication Name: Still Life in Real Time : Theory after Television
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions Ser.
Publication Year: 1994
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
