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Climate Change in Literature, Television and Film from Norway 挪威文学、电视和电影中的气候变化

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-07 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3468

Sissel Furuseth, A. Gjelsvik, A. Gürata, Reinhard Hennig, J. Leyda, K. Ritson

引用次数: 4

Plants: Through the Plastic Bag 植物:通过塑料袋

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3428

F. Lucas

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Evolution of Fish 鱼类的进化

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3995

Tamiko Thiel

引用次数: 5

Editorial: Creative Writing and Arts 社论:创意写作与艺术

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.4019

Damiano Benvegnù

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Out of Africa: Ecocriticism beyond Environmental Justice 走出非洲:超越环境正义的生态批评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3495

S. Egya

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Into the Fray: A Call for Policy-engaged and Actionable Environmental Humanities 进入争论:呼吁政策参与和可操作的环境人文

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-05 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3547

S. Hartman

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引用次数: 2

The Dog Walkers 遛狗人

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-05 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3518

J. Darwell

引用次数: 3

Border Country: Postcolonial Ecocriticism in Ireland 边境国家:爱尔兰的后殖民生态批评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-02 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3504

L. Fitzgerald

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Vegan Studies as Ecofeminist Intervention 作为生态女性主义干预的纯素研究

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3516

Laura Wright

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Du Bois and Dark, Wild Hope in an Age of Environmental and Political Catastrophe 杜波依斯与环境和政治灾难时代的黑暗、狂野的希望

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.37536/ecozona.2020.11.2.3500

M. Cladis

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引用次数: 1