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Book Title: Photography: A Middle-Brow Art
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Pierre Bourdieu
Publication Name: Photography : a Middle-Brow Art
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1996
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
