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This article develops the concept of toxic capital to explain how antagonism, derision, and nationalist outrage are converted into value within China's pla...

This study examines how gourmet fantasy manga, particularly Delicious in Dungeon and Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, reconfigure monstrosity through the act of cooking and c...

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