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Marc Becker <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Jul 1994 20:40:24 -0500
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Would anyone care to speculate what it means for museum professionals to
have twice as many answers to the ghoulish request than to any other
requests on this list?  What is the fascination with these small macabre
dens of the grotesque?  Is this an untouched corner of material culture with
which we theoretically disassociate but feel compelled toward?

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