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Transfigurations of the Commonplace: Hirst’s Tumbler, Joyce’s Tap 平凡的变形:赫斯特的玻璃杯，乔伊斯的水龙头

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 DOI: 10.3390/h12030046

Judith Woolf

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On the Tolerance of Children’s Literature Criticism: Psychoanalysis, Neighborliness, and Pooh 论儿童文学批评的宽容：心理分析、邻居与维尼

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 DOI: 10.3390/h12030045

Neil Cocks

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“Komai Nisan Dare, Akwai Wani Online”: Social Media and the Emergence of Hausa Neoproverbs “Komai Nisan Dare，Akwai Wani Online”：社交媒体与Hausa氯丁橡胶的出现

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.3390/h12030044

A. U. Adamu

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‘Is This the Real Me? What Is the Real Me?’: Deconstructing Authenticity in Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s Need More Love 这是真实的我吗?什么是真正的我?——《需要更多的爱》中的解构真实性

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.3390/h12030043

David Brauner

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“This Girl Changed the Story of the World”: Queer Complications of Authority in KindaTV’s Carmilla “这个女孩改变了世界的故事”:KindaTV的《卡米拉》中权威的奇怪复杂性

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.3390/h12030042

Drumlin N. M. Crape

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Healing with the Nonhuman Actor: A Study of the Recuperation from Loneliness and Isolation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic through the Cinematic Text Lars and the Real Girl 与非人类演员一起治愈:通过电影文本《拉尔斯和真实的女孩》研究COVID-19大流行造成的孤独和孤立的恢复

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI: 10.3390/h12030041

Shipra Tholia

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Cinema, the Settler 电影，移民

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 DOI: 10.3390/h12030040

Lorenzo Veracini

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Composting Ecofeminism: Caring for Plants, Animals, and Multispecies Flourishing in Molly Chester’s Dream Farm 堆肥生态女权主义:照顾植物，动物和多物种在莫莉切斯特的梦想农场繁荣

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 DOI: 10.3390/h12030039

Kathryn Yalan Chang

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Conserving Africa’s Eden? Green Colonialism, Neoliberal Capitalism, and Sustainable Development in Congo Basin Literature 保护非洲的伊甸园?绿色殖民主义、新自由主义资本主义与刚果盆地文学的可持续发展

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 DOI: 10.3390/h12030038

Kenneth Toah Nsah

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Productive Psychoses: Views on Terrorism and Politics in Homeland 生产性精神病:对本土恐怖主义与政治的看法

Humanities (Basel, Switzerland) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.3390/h12030037

Janna Houwen

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