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Mimicry and the Native American ‘Other’ 模仿与美洲原住民的“他者”

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2019-06-28 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.28.3052

Tia Byer

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Book Review: Andrew Thacker, Modernism, Space, and the City: Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin and London 书评:安德鲁·塞克尔，《现代主义、空间与城市:巴黎、维也纳、柏林和伦敦的局外人与影响》

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2019-06-28 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.28.3051

Sara Krolewski

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“Sacred Duty” “神圣职责”

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2019-06-28 DOI: 10.2218/forum.28.3050

S. Sahana

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Joyce’s Exiles: A Reception History 乔伊斯的流亡者:接受史

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2019-06-28 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.28.3044

Alex Benoit

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Writing the Artist’s Gaze: Ethics and Ekphrasis in Early Twentieth Century Historical Fiction 书写艺术家的目光:二十世纪早期历史小说的伦理与措辞

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2901

Mara Dougall

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From Gaze to Witness: Masculinity and Loss in George Shaw’s Paintings of Tile Hill 从凝视到见证:萧伯纳瓦山画中的阳刚之气与失落

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2902

E. Oliver

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Wilkie Collins and Oscar Wilde: Challenging Intersections Between the Male and Female Gaze in Victorian Popular Literature 威尔基·柯林斯和奥斯卡·王尔德:维多利亚通俗文学中男性和女性凝视之间的挑战交叉点

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2905

L. Henderson

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Chihiro Boards a Train: Perceptual Modulation in the Films of Studio Ghibli 千寻登上火车:吉卜力工作室电影中的感知调制

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2906

Kate Maria Weedy

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Whose Story is it? Narrative Humility in Medicine and Literature 这是谁的故事?医学和文学中的叙事谦卑

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2904

Sayantani Dasgupta

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Gregg Bordowitz: Criticising Representation in Order to Represent People With AIDS Gregg Bordowitz:批评代表，以代表艾滋病患者

FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts Pub Date : 2018-12-21 DOI: 10.2218/FORUM.27.2907

I. Shields

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