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How is feminism like shopping? – The politics of boredom in Karen Finley’s The Jackie Look

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Review of the performance in which Finley delivers a lecture called Life of a Glamour Girl in the character of Jackie Kennedy.

Artist / Author Kara Jesella
Reference A0699
Date 2010
Journal Women & Performance
Journal date Jul 2010
Journal page 213-215
Type Article

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