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Immersed, yet distant: Notes for an aesthetic theory of immersive travel films 沉浸，却又遥远:沉浸式旅行电影的美学理论笔记

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.bil.immer

Nicolas Bilchi

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When the World Laughs. Film Comedy East and West – William V. Costanzo 当世界在笑。电影喜剧《东方与西方》——威廉·v·科斯坦佐

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.r.mon.comed

J. Montaño

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Aesthetic journeys and media pilgrimages in the contexts of pop culture and the creative industries from and to East Asia 东亚流行文化和创意产业背景下的审美之旅和媒体朝圣之旅

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/10

Aurore Yamagata-Montoya, Maxime Danesin, Marco Pellitteri, Santiago Iglesias, Mutual Images, A. Transcultural

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An Affair with a Village – Joy Hendry 《村里人的风流韵事》乔伊·亨德利著

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.r.yam.affai

Aurore Yamagata-Montoya

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From China to the World: The main media pilgrimages of Sun Wukong and Son Gokū 从中国到世界:孙悟空和孙悟空的主要媒体朝圣之旅

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.rus.china

Giovanni Ruscica

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The pilgrimage and illustrated journals of David Roberts in the southern Mediterranean Sea and the Near East (1838-39) and the marketing of his illustrated journals in the Shows of London 大卫·罗伯茨在地中海南部和近东的朝圣和插图杂志(1838-39)以及他在伦敦展览中的插图杂志的营销

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.bro.jerem

J. Brooker

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Editorial – Fulfilling the purpose of a rich, productive, and successful 2021. And preparing for an as much as possible, definitely “true normal” 2022 社论-实现2021年丰富、富有成效和成功的目标。并尽可能地为2022年的“真正正常”做准备

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.dan.edito

Maxime Danesin, Marco Pellitteri

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Undermining the gendered genre: Kabuki in manga 破坏性别化类型:日本漫画中的歌舞伎

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/2021.10.ant.under

Olga Antononoka

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Artists, Aesthetics, and Artworks from, and in conversation with, Japan - Part 2 来自日本的艺术家，美学和艺术作品，以及与日本的对话-第2部分

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-20 DOI: 10.32926/9

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Artists, Aesthetics, and Artworks from, and in conversation with, Japan - Part 1 (of 2) 来自日本的艺术家、美学和艺术作品-第1部分(共2部分)

Mutual Images Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-20 DOI: 10.32926/8

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