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RESEARCH WITHIN A THEME: RETHINKING ART HISTORY AND VISUAL CULTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT

Queering portraits of “maids” and “madams” in Zanele Muholi’s “Massa” and Mina(h)

Pages 16-31 | Published online: 22 Dec 2016

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