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Svāmī Vivekānanda’s Iconic Presence and Conventions of Nineteenth-Century Photographic Portraiture

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Beckerlegge, G. Svāmī Vivekānanda’s Iconic Presence and Conventions of Nineteenth-Century Photographic Portraiture. Hindu Studies 12, 1–40 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-008-9056-x

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