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Haiti Can't Breathe 海地无法呼吸

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900549

Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey, D. F. Bell

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Take My Breath Away 让我无法呼吸

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900540

Eric Hayot

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Gasping for Breath: Democracy à bout de souffle? 喘口气:民主与蛋奶酥有关吗?

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900566

R. Scullion

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Coughin'/Coffin Air Coughin ' /棺材里的空气

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900542

A. Nama

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"Everything is Breath": Critical Plant Studies' Metaphysics of Mixture “万物皆呼吸”:批判植物研究的混合形而上学

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900538

Elisabeth Weber

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Dune(s) 沙丘(s)

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900522

Michel Pierssens

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breathe 呼吸

IF 0.3 3区文学

SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-06-23 DOI: 10.1353/sub.2023.a900535

J. Cayley

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Learning to Breathe: Five Fragments Against Racism 学会呼吸：反对种族主义的五个片段