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| Author | : Blain Roberts |
| File Size | : 52,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 19 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 9781469614205 |
| Pages | : 378 pages |
Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the Twentieth-Century South
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