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FILM, POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT, AND THE MELTING POT THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERNIST CULTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2013

DANIEL J. SINGAL*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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