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‘See your spaceport’: Project Apollo and the origins of Kennedy Space Center tourism, 1963–67 “看看你的太空港”：阿波罗计划和肯尼迪航天中心旅游业的起源，1963-67

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00030_1

Emily A. Margolis

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The American spaceport and the power of cultural imaginaries 美国太空港和文化想象力的力量

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00033_1

Jeffrey S. Nesbit

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Editorial 社论

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00028_2

J. Wills

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Prayers from on high: Religious expression in outer space during the Apollo era, 1968–76 天上的祈祷:1968-76年阿波罗时代外太空的宗教表达

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00032_1

K. Edwards

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Moten’s magical meditations: Black ontology and genealogies of hope 莫顿的神奇冥想:黑人本体论和希望谱系

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00027_5

R. Wanzo

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Neo-Confederates take their stand: Southern Agrarians and the Civil War 新邦联的立场:南方农民和内战

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00020_1

Niall Munro

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Toxic masculinity in American politics: Donald Trump’s tweeting activity in the US presidential election (2016) 美国政治中的有毒男子气概:唐纳德·特朗普在2016年美国总统大选中的推特活动

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00021_1

Margalida Pizarro-Sirera

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Civilization and its nerds: Anti-intellectualism inThe Big Bang Theory 文明及其书呆子：生活大爆炸中的反智主义

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00022_1

Janelle Pötzsch

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The Digital Banal: New Media and American Literature and Culture, Zara Dinnen (2018) 《数字巴纳尔：新媒体与美国文学与文化》，Zara Dinnen（2018）

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00026_5

Monika Loewy

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‘Riley needs to be happy’: Inside Out and the dystopian aesthetics of neo-liberal governmentality “莱利需要快乐”：由内而外与新自由主义治理的反乌托邦美学

European Journal of American Culture Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejac_00023_1

Kamaluddin Duaei

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