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Soviet Pop Artists in Russian TV Series: Integration of Dramatic Models of Psycho- and Socio-Biography 俄国电视剧中的苏联波普艺术家:心理与社会传记戏剧模式的融合

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-5-91-110

D. Zhurkova

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Convolute С: Ancient Paris, Catacombs, Demolitions, Decline of Paris 卷曲С:古巴黎，地下墓穴，拆迁，巴黎的衰落

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-5-162-192

W. Benjamin

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My Significant Others: Zenita, Susana, Ilanka (Part I) 我的另一半:泽妮塔、苏珊娜、伊兰卡(上)

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-16 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-3-126-153

S. Boym

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The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project 《看见的辩证法:瓦尔特·本雅明与拱廊计划》

Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-16 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-172-200

S. Buck-Morss

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My Significant Others: Zenita, Susana, Ilanka (Part 2) 我的另一半:泽妮塔、苏珊娜、伊兰卡(下)

Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-16 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-111-140

S. Boym

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Convolute B: Fashion 时尚

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-16 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-141-171

W. Benjamin

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Positions 职位

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-15 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-6-33

G. Garrard

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Fragile Landscape. Sacrifice of the Russian land 脆弱的景观。牺牲俄罗斯的土地

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-15 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-74-88

N. Caprioglio

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Models for the New Old Future 新旧未来的模型

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-15 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-89-110

N. Fedorova

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Mechanism, Occultism, the Calculus of Environments: The Perpetual Motion of Soviet Space 机制，神秘主义，环境演算:苏联空间的永动机

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Versus-Quaderni di Studi Semiotici Pub Date : 2023-04-15 DOI: 10.58186/2782-3660-2022-2-4-62-73

Y. Regev

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