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A moment of luxury in eighteenth-century France: On Jean-Honoré Fragonard's the Swing 18世纪法国的奢华时刻：论让-奥诺弗拉戈纳尔的《秋千》

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1177/09571558261417900

John Armitage

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In flesh and metal: Automachinic femininity in Titane 肉体和金属：泰妮的自动机械女性气质

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1177/09571558261418002

Melissa Barchi Panek

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1177/09571558261418758

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Challenging the enduring epistemic injustice of eating disorders: Critically re-reading Occupation food insecurity in the Trente Glorieuses with Elsa Triolet and the 1944–1945 ‘Minnesota Starvation Experiment’ 挑战饮食失调的长期认知不公正：批判性地重读《光荣的天》中的职业粮食不安全与艾尔莎·特里奥莱和1944-1945年的“明尼苏达饥饿实验”

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-30 DOI: 10.1177/09571558251406518

Ruth Cruickshank

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The ABCs of early French computational literature: APL, Paul Braffort, and constrained writing in Oulipo 早期法国计算文学的基础：APL， Paul brford，和Oulipo的约束写作

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1177/09571558251406513

Bruno Galmar

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Casting out: The racial division of acting labor in French film and television 驱逐：法国电影和电视中表演劳动的种族分工

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1177/09571558251406520

Maxime Cervulle, Sarah Lécossais

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Occupation and resistance: In honour of Margaret Atack 占领与抵抗：纪念玛格丽特·阿特克

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French Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/09571558251406515

Diana Holmes, Max Silverman

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Voices of French women in wartime London: ‘Books that record great events do not explain how ordinary people of a great city live during momentous days’ 战时伦敦的法国女性之声：“记录重大事件的书籍并没有解释一个伟大城市的普通人在重大日子里是如何生活的”