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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0194

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Paul Fox, The Image of the Soldier in German Culture, 1871–1933 保罗·福克斯，《德国文化中的士兵形象》，1871-1933

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0202

Moritz Föllmer

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The Emotions of Conversion and Kinship in the Qur'an and the Sīra of Ibn Isḥāq 《古兰经》和《伊本书》中的皈依和亲属关系情感ḥāq

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0197

Karen Bauer

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Jennifer A. Jordan, Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods 詹妮弗·a·乔丹，《可食用的记忆:传家宝番茄和其他被遗忘食物的诱惑》

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0203

I. Dumitrescu

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Beyond Ḥalāl and Ḥarām: Ghayra (‘Jealousy’) as a Masculine Virtue in the Work of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya 超越Ḥalāl和7716 arām：Ghayra（“嫉妒”）在Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya的作品中作为一种男性美德

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0200

M. Katz

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Gendering Emotions: Ṭarab, Women and Musical Performance in Three Biographical Narratives from ‘The Book of Songs’ 分类情绪：Ṭ《诗经》三个传记叙事中的阿拉伯人、女人与音乐表演

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0198

Karen Moukheiber

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‘And the Light in his Eyes Grew Dark’: The Representation of Anger in an Egyptian Popular Epic “他眼中的光变暗了”：埃及流行史诗中愤怒的表现

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0201

Helen Blatherwick

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Codes of Emotion in Ninth- and Tenth-Century Baghdad: Slave Concubines in Literature and Life-Writing 九、十世纪巴格达的情感密码：文学与生活写作中的奴妾

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0199

J. Bray

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0182

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Introduction 介绍

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Cultural History Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/cult.2019.0183

Lina Minou, Tomas Macsotay

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