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Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama Of The Unknown Woman

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Book Title: Contesting Tears : the Hollywood Melodrama of the UnKNOWn Woman

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.9in

Author: Stanley Cavell

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, General, Film / History & Criticism

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 1997

Genre: Family & Relationships, Drama, Performing Arts

Item Weight: 14.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

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