Death in black and white: A reading of Marc Forster's Monster's Ball

Signs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 785-813

  Holland, Sharon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33749397802     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498989     Document Type: Article

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