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Growing Bellies, Failing Mothers, Scary Offspring 大腹便便，失败的母亲，可怕的后代

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0004

Patricia Pisters

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Longing and Lust, ‘Red Light’ on a ‘Dark Continent’ 渴望与欲望:“黑暗大陆”上的“红灯”

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0003

Patricia Pisters

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Violence and Female Agency: Murderess, Her Body, Her Mind 暴力与女性代理:女杀人犯，她的身体，她的思想

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0001

Patricia Pisters

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Growing Pains: Breasts, Blood and Fangs 成长的烦恼:乳房、鲜血和毒牙

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0002

Patricia Pisters

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Political Gutting, Crushed Life and Poetic Justice 政治内脏，破碎的生活和诗意的正义

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0005

Patricia Pisters

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Bloody Red: Poetics, Patterns, Politics 《血红色:诗学、模式、政治

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.0006

Patricia Pisters

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Introduction Virginia’s Unruly Daughters and Carrie’s Crimson Sisters 维吉尼亚不羁的女儿们和嘉莉深红的姐妹们

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466950.003.1000

Patricia Pisters

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