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Queer Ecologies and Anti-Colonial Abundance in Lionel Wendt's Ceylon 莱昂内尔-温特《锡兰》中的同性恋生态与反殖民丰饶

IF 0.5 2区艺术学

Art History Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8365.12745

Edwin Coomasaru

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