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Mexican Migrants and the Vocabulary of Transnationalism 墨西哥移民与跨民族主义词汇

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1650819

T. Carrillo

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In Search of the “Goodlife”: Border Crossing and Agency in Luis Alberto Urrea's Into the Beautiful North and Graciela Limón's The River Flows North 寻找“美好的生活”：路易斯·阿尔贝托·尤里亚的《走进美丽的北方》和格雷西拉·利蒙的《河流北流》中的跨界与代理

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1647449

S. Naidu

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The Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader 劳特利奇散居研究读者

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2019-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1653524

Carol Leff

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In memoriam: Karen Isabel Scherzinger, 4 February 1962–26 May 2019 纪念：Karen Isabel Scherzinger，1962年2月4日至2019年5月26日

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1648365

Greg Graham-Smith, D. Byrne

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“This Is How I Look”: Surveillance and Unexpected Guidance in the Panoptic Empire of Waiting for the Barbarians “这就是我的样子”:等待野蛮人的全景帝国的监视和意外指导

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1605406

Kharys Ateh Laue

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The Soul Has No ID Number 灵魂没有身份证号码

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1598694

C. Fratini

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Vonnegut and Apocalypse: A Consideration of Kurt Vonnegut's Representation of the End of the World 冯内古特与启示录:库尔特·冯内古特对世界末日的再现

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2018.1546767

David Robinson

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Editorial 编辑

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1648340

D. Byrne, Greg Graham-Smith

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Violence and Voice in Wopko Jensma’s Poetry Wopko Jensma诗歌中的暴力与声音

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1612938

E. Kowalská

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Intimate Lightning—Sydney Clouts: Poet 亲密的闪电——西德尼·克劳茨:诗人

Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2019.1651966

Elizabeth Louise Nortjé

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