Empty Pleasures

Empty Pleasures
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9780807834091
ISBN-13 : 0807834092
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Book Synopsis Empty Pleasures by : Carolyn Thomas de la Peña

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