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Diffracting the Politicized Spectacle: Queering censorship in the Aichi Triennale

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On queering censorship in the Aichi Triennale 2019.

Performance Research pg 84-91, On Diffraction, Volume 25, No 5, July/August 2020.

Artist / Author Kyoko Iwaki
Publisher Taylor & Francis
ISBN 1352-8165
Reference A0902
Date 2020

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