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An impassioned philosophical celebration of the multiple dimensions of contemporary cuteness. Involuntarily sucked into the forcefield of Cute, Amy Ireland and

This state of the art monograph presents a unique introduction to thinking about cuteness and its incorporation into modern, especially computer-based, products

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