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The Shame of Being a Man: Humiliation and/as Heroism 作为一个男人的耻辱:羞辱和英雄主义

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0005

K. Mitchell

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‘The Dumb Cunt’s Tale’: Desire, Shame and Self-Narration in Contemporary Autofiction “蠢女人的故事”:当代自传体小说中的欲望、羞耻与自我叙述

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0004

K. Mitchell

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Forgetting and Remembering Lesbian Pulp: Shame, Recuperation and Queer History 遗忘和记忆女同性恋低俗:羞耻，恢复和酷儿的历史

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0002

K. Mitchell

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Introduction: Beginning with Stigma 导言:从柱头开始

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0001

K. Mitchell

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Conclusion: The Shame is (Not) Over 结论:耻辱尚未结束

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0006

K. Mitchell

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Cleaving to the Scene of Shame: Stigmatised Childhoods in The End of Alice and Two Girls, Fat and Thin 坚守耻辱的场景:《爱丽丝和两个女孩，胖和瘦的结局》中被污名化的童年

Writing Shame Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474461849.003.0003

K. Mitchell

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