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  Drawing on a number of theoretical works by space, trauma and dystopian studies scholars, this paper reconsiders the ...

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  This paper discusses the presence of intimate partner violence in the relationship established between the characters of ...

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  Al-Abdullah, Mufeed (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

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  Hernández Hellín, Silvia (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

  In 2010, Patti Smith published her first memoir, Just Kids, winning the National Book Award for Nonfiction. The book recounts ...

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  Cucurella-Ramon, Vicent (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

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  Campos, Rebeca E. (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

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  Muñoz González, Esther (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

  Published in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale is Margaret Atwood’s most famous work and her first dystopian novel, since all ...

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  Ibarrola-Armendariz, Aitor (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

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  Chapman, Ana (Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)

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  Laguarta Bueno, Carmen (Universidad de Sevilla, 2018)

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  Claudia Rankine‘s Citizen, An American Lyric (2015) problematizes the notion of citizenship through theory-laden poetical ...

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