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World Service,14 Apr 2000,23 mins

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What do Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein and Che Guevara have in common? They have all become iconic images because of photographs of them. Joyce Carol Oates talks about her new novel 'Blonde' about Marilyn Monroe in this look at how the icon has become secularized with the use of photography and moving pictures.

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