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Aftermath: Radical Doubt; Radical Hope 后果激进的怀疑；激进的希望

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a14

Preti Taneja

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Traumatogenic metaphors and religious motifs in Niger Delta ecopoetry 尼日尔三角洲生态诗歌中的创伤隐喻和宗教主题

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a17

Emmanuel Edafe Erhijodo

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(Extra)ordinary images: photography, memory and creative documentary – Rwanda and Argentina (非）寻常图像：摄影、记忆和创意纪实--卢旺达和阿根廷

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a06

Piotr Cieplak

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Cultural mobilities and cultural heritage: concepts for an Asia-centric approach 文化流动性与文化遗产：以亚洲为中心的方法概念

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a12

Karen O’Brien-Kop, Xiang Ren, Alessandro Rippa

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Immersion – new media and old ambitions 沉浸--新媒体和旧抱负

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a03

Ian Christie

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The long shadow of Edward Long 爱德华-朗的长影

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a08

Catherine Hall, Elizabeth Edwards

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How the British have misunderstood Ireland and Northern Ireland 英国人如何误解了爱尔兰和北爱尔兰

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a04

Paul Bew

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Language and literature in the information economy: the state of English, English and the state 信息经济中的语言与文学：英语、英语与国家的现状

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a11

Regenia Gagnier

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Development, subtraction and the Indigenous peoples of Paraguay 发展、减法与巴拉圭土著人民

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a05

A. Ioris

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The English education system: undervalued and over-measured 英国教育体系：价值被低估，衡量标准被高估

Journal of the British Academy Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.5871/jba/012.a21

Anna Vignoles

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