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Losing Real Life: James Baldwin and the Ethics of Trauma 《失去真实生活:詹姆斯·鲍德温与创伤伦理

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.9

M. Tuhkanen

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Sonic Living: Space and the Speculative in James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” 音速生活:詹姆斯·鲍德温《桑尼的蓝调》中的空间与思辨

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.4

Maleda Belilgne

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Trends in James Baldwin Criticism 2013–15 詹姆斯·鲍德温批评的趋势2013-15

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.10

E. L. Gibson

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“So sensual, so languid, and so private”: James Baldwin’s American South “如此性感，如此慵懒，如此私密”:詹姆斯·鲍德温的《美国南方》

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.2

Jeff Fallis

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There is No Texting at James Baldwin’s Table 詹姆斯·鲍德温的桌子上没有发短信

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.8

Lindsey R. Swindall

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“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition”: At Home in the Life and Work of James Baldwin “也许家不是一个地方，而只是一种不可改变的状态”:《詹姆斯·鲍德温生活和工作中的家》

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.1

D. Field

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Black Meets Black: Encounters in America 《黑人遇上黑人:美国遭遇战》

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.5

Dagmawi Woubshet

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Kairotic Time, Recognition, and Freedom in James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain 詹姆斯·鲍德温的《到山上去说吧》中的时间、认知与自由

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.3

Robert Z. Birdwell

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“You have to get to where you are before you can see where you’ve been”: Searching for Black Queer Domesticity at Chez Baldwin “你必须先到达你所在的地方，然后才能看到你去过的地方”：在Chez Baldwin寻找黑Queer Domesticity

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.4.6

M. Zaborowska

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“Esther Weren’t No Harlot”: Rape and Marriage in Go Tell It on the Mountain “Esther Werent No Harlot”：《山上说吧》中的强奸和婚姻

James Baldwin Review Pub Date : 2017-10-04 DOI: 10.7227/JBR.3.2

Porter Nenon

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