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Sindiwe Magona’s Beauty’s Gift: Sexual Security in the Era of HIV/AIDS Sindiwe Magona的美丽礼物：艾滋病时代的性安全

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1831583

R. Schatteman

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Editorial 编辑

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2021.1909847

D. Byrne, Greg Graham-Smith

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On Contemporary Speculative Short Fiction in Southern Africa 当代南非投机短篇小说研究

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1813193

J. Woods

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Seeking Soul in Solitary States 在孤独的状态中寻找灵魂

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1825518

Claudia Caia Julia Fratini (Freccia)

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Living Archives and the Project of Poetry Recurriculation in South Africa 生活档案与南非诗歌再生工程

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1864460

R. d’Abdon, D. Byrne, Denise Newfield

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Translation and Untranslatability in the Poetry of Dennis Brutus and Keorapetse Kgositsile 丹尼斯·布鲁图斯和科奥拉佩茨·科西西尔诗歌中的可译性与不可译性

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-07-06 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1779797

Karin Berkman

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Challenging Androcentric Conceptions of Nationalism: Reimagining Female Agency in Maaza Mengiste's Beneath the Lion's Gaze 挑战以男性为中心的民族主义观念:在马扎·门吉斯特的《狮子注视之下》中重新构想女性能动性

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-06-24 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1780300

N. Tembo

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Queering the Post-Apocalypse in Three Selected Short Stories by Dilman Dila 从迪尔曼·迪拉的三部短篇小说选集探寻后启示录

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1825519

E. Nabutanyi

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Lauren Beukes discusses Afterland (2020) Lauren Beukes讨论Afterland（2020）

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1859747

N. Moonsamy

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Queering the Lost Child and the Politics of Failure in Lauren Beukes’s Zoo City 劳伦·比克斯的《动物园城》中迷失的孩子和失败的政治

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2020.1855234

Joy Hayward-Jansen

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