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Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, and the decline of education in America.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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