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Trauma, Romance, and the Diasporic Memory Keepers of the Holodomor in Erin Litteken’s The Memory Keeper of Kyiv 创伤、浪漫和艾琳-利特金的《基辅记忆守护者》中大饥荒的散居记忆守护者

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21013

Mateusz Świetlicki

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Justin Edwards, Rune Graulund, and Johan Höglund, editors. Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth: The Gothic Anthropocene Justin Edwards、Rune Graulund 和 Johan Höglund 编辑。受损地球的黑暗场景：哥特式人类世

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21233

Jacob DeBrock

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Lauren Berlant, On the Inconvenience of Other People 劳伦-贝兰特，《论他人的不便

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21266

Jake Sanders

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Marlon Ross, Sissy Insurgencies: A Racial Anatomy of Unfit Manliness 马龙-罗斯，《娘娘腔的叛乱》：不称职男人的种族剖析

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21256

Marietta Kosma

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Kelli Moore, Legal Spectatorship: Slavery and the Visual Culture of Domestic Violence Kelli Moore，《法律旁观者》：奴隶制与家庭暴力的视觉文化

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21198

Mary E. Booth

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Grant Wiedenfeld, Hollywood Sports Movies and the American Dream 格兰特-维登菲尔德，好莱坞体育电影与美国梦

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21211

Rachel L. Carazo

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Laurence W. Mazzeno and Sue Norton, editors. Contemporary American Fiction in the European Classroom. Teaching and Texts Laurence W. Mazzeno 和 Sue Norton 编辑。欧洲课堂上的当代美国小说。教学与文本

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European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.21218

Cristina Chevereșan

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“In Honor, as in Limb, Unmarred”: Obsession with the “Whole” Body in Herman Melville’s Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《战场碎片与战争的方方面面》中对“整体”身体的痴迷

European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.20824

Vanessa Meikle Schulman

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Melville and the Vortex Theory of Matter 梅尔维尔和物质漩涡理论

European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.20759

Paweł Stachura

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“A Cormorant of Libraries”: The Future-Past of Susan Howe’s “Melville’s Marginalia” “图书馆的鸬鹚”:苏珊·豪《梅尔维尔的旁注》的过去与未来

European Journal of American Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.4000/ejas.20878

Mark Tardi

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