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Book Title: Queering Drag: Redefining The Discourse Of Gender-Bending
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Meredith Heller
Publication Name: Queering Drag : Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
