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Conclusion 结论

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941312.003.0006

M. Coletta

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Against the poetics of decadence: Latin America and the aesthetics of regeneration 反对颓废的诗学:拉丁美洲与再生美学

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941312.003.0005

M. Coletta

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Mythologizing the internal Other: rural tradition as antidote to modern civilization 神话化内在他者:作为现代文明解毒剂的乡村传统

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941312.003.0003

M. Coletta

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National regeneration and the education of the Latin American elites 国家复兴和拉美精英的教育

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.7

M. Coletta

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Mythologizing the internal Other: 神话化内在他者:

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.6

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Against the poetics of decadence: 反对颓废的诗学;

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.8

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Conclusion 结论

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.9

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Raza latina: Raza拉丁:

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.5

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Index 指数

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv8xnfs1.11

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Raza latina: immigration and decadence at the fin de siècle 拉丁裔:最后时期的移民与颓废

Decadent Modernity Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941312.003.0002

M. Coletta

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