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Queer fashion practice and the camp tactics of Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY 酷儿时尚实践与Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY的阵营策略

Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion Pub Date : 2020-04-14 DOI: 10.1386/CSMF_00016_1

F. Hitchcock, Jay McCauley Bowstead

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