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Buddhist Literature: A Cosmopolitan Philosophy 佛教文学:一种世界性的哲学

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34032

P. Giri

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Reading Trauma in History through Post-Conflict Narrative: Thakuri’s “The Descending Mountain” 从冲突后叙事看历史创伤——塔库里的《下山》

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.33728

Badri Prasad Pokharel

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Tāpa as an Underrated Nepali Novel (Book Review) 被低估的尼泊尔小说Tāpa(书评)

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34041

I. Mishra

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Problems of Assimilation and Difficulties of Becoming a Man in LeRoi Jones’s Dutchman 琼斯的《荷兰人》中的同化问题和做人的困难

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34029

M. P. Dahal

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Why are there Escalating Incidences of Confrontations in Nepali Hospitals? An Anthropological Critique 为什么尼泊尔医院的对抗事件不断升级?人类学批判

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34028

K. Dahal

引用次数: 1

Editorial Vol.10 Special Issue 社论第10卷特刊

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34025

Bhupa P. Dhamala

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Internet Public Sphere as a Counter-Public Sphere: The Question of Effectiveness 网络公共领域作为反公共领域:有效性问题

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34037

Roshani Dhamala

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Tracing the Traditional Contents and Forms in Contemporary Nepali Paintings 探寻当代尼泊尔绘画的传统内容与形式

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34040

Y. Sharma

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引用次数: 5

Knowledge and practices on maternal health care among mothers: A case study from Sewar Bansbot village of Dang district 母亲的孕产妇保健知识和实践:以Dang区Sewar Bansbot村为例

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34026

Ganga Kc

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Female Masculinity in Radclyffe Hall's Novel The Well of Loneliness 拉德克利夫·霍尔小说《孤独之井》中的女性男子气概

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2020-12-25 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v10i1.34039

S. Subedi

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