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Migration in Times of Pandemic: Mark Twain’s “3,000 Years Among the Microbes” and the Prospect of Planetary Health 大流行时期的移民:马克·吐温的《微生物的三千年》和地球健康的前景

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262477

Davina Höll

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Odysseus in Liverpool 奥德修斯在利物浦

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814261883

Heinrich Detering, Hannah Kontos (translator)

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Hygiene, Whiteness and Immigration: Upton Sinclair and the “Jungle” of the American Health Care System 卫生、白人和移民:厄普顿·辛克莱和美国医疗保健系统的“丛林”

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262476

Mita Banerjee

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Mental Illness as Cultural Narrative: Dementia, Im/migrant Experience and InterAmerican Entanglements in David Chariandy’s Soucouyant 精神疾病作为文化叙事:大卫·查里安迪的《Soucouyant》中的痴呆症、移民经历和美洲间的纠缠

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262479

Wilfried Raussert

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"Exploring Japanese-Mexican Relations in Los Angeles and the US-Mexico Borderlands" from Transborder Los Angeles “探索洛杉矶和美墨边境地区的日墨关系”，摘自《跨界洛杉矶》

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262484

Yo Tokunaga

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Authenticity and Autofiction: John Updike’s “The Bulgarian Poetess” 真实性与自传体:约翰·厄普代克的《保加利亚女诗人》

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814257890

Alexandra K. Glavanakova

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Introduction from Framing the Nation: Claiming the Hemisphere 《构建国家:占领西半球》引言

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262483

Markus Heide

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Bandits 强盗

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814261892

Mohamad Goenawan, Jennifer Lindsay (translator)

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Issue Introduction: Translating and Transnational American Studies 议题导论:翻译与跨国美国研究

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262481

Alfred Hornung

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Contributor Bios 贡献者Bios

Journal of Transnational American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI: 10.5070/t814262482

JTAS Managing Editor

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