The feminine in modern art Benjamin, Simmel and the gender of modernity

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 33-53

  Wolff, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/02632760022051482     Document Type: Review

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