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Electra Myths: Video, Modernism, Postmodernism

Author
Katherine Dieckmann
Publication
Art Journal: Video - The Reflexive Medium
Publisher
College Art Association
Place
New York, NY
Volume
Fall
Issue
1985
Subjects
Texts by Author
ETC archive
ETC2511

https://archive.org/details/ETC2511

https://cdn.experimentaltvcenter.org/vhp/sites/default/files/history/pdf/dieckmannelectra_2511.pdf

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Katherine Dieckmann. Electra Myths: Video, Modernism, Postmodernism. Art Journal: Video - The Reflexive Medium. vol. Fall, no. 1985. College Art Association. 1985.

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