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Cover photograph: “Seduction” by Lynn Hershman Leeson, 1986, Archival Digital Print, 23'x27"; courtesy of Altman Siegel Gallery, SF; Bridget Donahue Gallery, NY
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Digital Edition JUNE 2022 ISBN: 978-0-06-308912-9
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-308909-9