Geertz, Clifford
Overview
| Works: | 444 works in 1,611 publications in 8 languages and 28,757 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biography Case studies Conference papers and proceedings Festschriften History |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Honoree, Author of introduction |
| Classifications: | GN315, 306 |
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Most widely held works about
Clifford Geertz
- After the fact : two countries, four decades, one anthropologist by Clifford Geertz( )
- The accompaniment : assembling the contemporary by Paul Rabinow( )
- Clifford Geertz : culture, custom, and ethics by Fred Inglis( Book )
- The fate of "culture" : Geertz and beyond( Book )
- Interpreting Clifford Geertz : cultural investigation in the social sciences by Jeffrey C Alexander( Book )
- A life of learning : Charles Homer Haskins lecture for 1999 by Clifford Geertz( Book )
- Geertz and culture by Kenneth A Rice( Book )
- Understanding religion and culture : anthropological and theological perspecitves [sic]( Book )
- Clifford Geertz's interpretive anthropology : between text, experience and theory by Katarzyna Majbroda( )
- "From the native's point of view"? : kulturelle Globalisierung nach Clifford Geertz und Pierre Bourdieu by Karsten Kumoll( Book )
- Introduction to the study of religion by Charles Brewer Jones( Visual )
- Clifford Geertz in Morocco by Susan Slyomovics( Book )
- Konstruktionen des Anderen : Clifford Geertz und die Krise der ethnographischen Repräsentation by Volker Gottowik( Book )
- Symbolische Anthropologie der Moderne : Kulturanalysen nach Clifford Geertz( Book )
- Verschriebene Fremdheit : die Ethnographie kultureller Brüche bei Clifford Geertz und Stephen Greenblatt by Lutz Ellrich( Book )
- Deux anthropologues au Maghreb Ernest Gellner et Clifford Geertz by Lahouari Addi( Book )
- Thinking big( Visual )
- Anthropologie der Religion : E.B. Tylor, B. Malinowski, C. Lévi-Strauss, C. Geertz by Franz-Peter Burkard( Book )
- Clifford Geertz interprétation et culture by Autour de Geertz (Colloque)( Book )
- "Dichte Beschreibung" in der Arktis : Clifford Geertz und die Kulturrevolution der Inuit in Nordkanada by Barbara Schellhammer( )
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Most widely held works by
Clifford Geertz
The interpretation of cultures : selected essays by
Clifford Geertz(
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118 editions published between 1973 and 2017 in English and held by 3,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this book the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about -- Provided by the publisher
118 editions published between 1973 and 2017 in English and held by 3,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this book the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about -- Provided by the publisher
Local knowledge : further essays in interpretive anthropology by
Clifford Geertz(
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76 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 2,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge". A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism". --Publisher
76 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 2,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge". A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism". --Publisher
Available light : anthropological reflections on philosophical topics by
Clifford Geertz(
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30 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of essays, Clifford Geertz explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. Geertz, who once considered a career in philosophy, begins by explaining how he got swept into the revolutionary movement of symbolic anthropology. At that point, his work began to encompass not only the ethnography of groups in Southeast Asia and North Africa, but also the study of how meaning is made in all cultures--or, to use his phrase, to explore the "frames of meaning" in which people everywhere live out their lives. His philosophical orientation helped him to establish the role of anthropology within broader intellectual circles and led him to address the work of such leading thinkers as Charles Taylor, Thomas Kuhn, William James, and Jerome Bruner. In this volume, Geertz comments on their work as he explores questions in political philosophy, psychology, and religion that have intrigued him throughout his career but that now hold particular relevance in light of postmodernist thinking and multiculturalism. Available Light offers discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place
30 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of essays, Clifford Geertz explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. Geertz, who once considered a career in philosophy, begins by explaining how he got swept into the revolutionary movement of symbolic anthropology. At that point, his work began to encompass not only the ethnography of groups in Southeast Asia and North Africa, but also the study of how meaning is made in all cultures--or, to use his phrase, to explore the "frames of meaning" in which people everywhere live out their lives. His philosophical orientation helped him to establish the role of anthropology within broader intellectual circles and led him to address the work of such leading thinkers as Charles Taylor, Thomas Kuhn, William James, and Jerome Bruner. In this volume, Geertz comments on their work as he explores questions in political philosophy, psychology, and religion that have intrigued him throughout his career but that now hold particular relevance in light of postmodernist thinking and multiculturalism. Available Light offers discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place
The religion of Java by
Clifford Geertz(
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76 editions published between 1959 and 1996 in English and held by 1,603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first of a series on contemporary Javanese life, the research for which has been sponsored by the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
76 editions published between 1959 and 1996 in English and held by 1,603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first of a series on contemporary Javanese life, the research for which has been sponsored by the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Islam observed; religious development in Morocco and Indonesia by
Clifford Geertz(
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51 editions published between 1968 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion. -- Back cover
51 editions published between 1968 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion. -- Back cover
Works and lives : the anthropologist as author by
Clifford Geertz(
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56 editions published between 1889 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 1,276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Este libro pionero supone uno de los primeros intentos de establecer una lectura en extensión y en profundidad de algunos de los más importantes textos de la antropología, con el fin de caracterizar las semejanzas y diferencias de los textos antropológicos respecto de los de otras disciplinas, tanto de las ciencias como de las humanidades, y contribuir a la teoría literaria desde la perspectiva de la escritura antropológica. La esencia del libro está constituida por el análisis desde diversos ángulos de cuatro figuras muy distintas de la antropología: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edward Evan Evans-Pritchar, Bronislaw Malinowski y Ruth Benedict. Así, Tristes trópicos se analiza como un texto hojaldrado, configurado por diferentes géneros de escritura, superpuestos unos a otros. La obra de Evans-Pritchar se aborda desde el punto de vista de las técnicas retóricas que emplea para caracterizar a la sociedad africana. Se estudia a Malinowski desde la perspectiva de la construcción del> del etnógrafo en el interior del texto etnográfico. Y, finalmente, Geertz analiza cómo las dos más famosas obras de Ruth Benedict -El hombre y la cultura y El crisantemo y la espada- sirven para criticar la cultura americana mientras se dedican a describir culturas contrapuestas
56 editions published between 1889 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 1,276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Este libro pionero supone uno de los primeros intentos de establecer una lectura en extensión y en profundidad de algunos de los más importantes textos de la antropología, con el fin de caracterizar las semejanzas y diferencias de los textos antropológicos respecto de los de otras disciplinas, tanto de las ciencias como de las humanidades, y contribuir a la teoría literaria desde la perspectiva de la escritura antropológica. La esencia del libro está constituida por el análisis desde diversos ángulos de cuatro figuras muy distintas de la antropología: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edward Evan Evans-Pritchar, Bronislaw Malinowski y Ruth Benedict. Así, Tristes trópicos se analiza como un texto hojaldrado, configurado por diferentes géneros de escritura, superpuestos unos a otros. La obra de Evans-Pritchar se aborda desde el punto de vista de las técnicas retóricas que emplea para caracterizar a la sociedad africana. Se estudia a Malinowski desde la perspectiva de la construcción del> del etnógrafo en el interior del texto etnográfico. Y, finalmente, Geertz analiza cómo las dos más famosas obras de Ruth Benedict -El hombre y la cultura y El crisantemo y la espada- sirven para criticar la cultura americana mientras se dedican a describir culturas contrapuestas
Life among the anthros and other essays by
Clifford Geertz(
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19 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in English and held by 1,212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the New York Review of Books, where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the world in all its peculiarity. This book brings together the finest of Geertz's review essays from the New York Review along with a representative selection of later pieces written at the height of his powers, some that first appeared in periodicals such as Dissent, others never before published. This collection exemplifies Geertz's extraordinary range of concerns, beginning with his first essay for the Review in 1967, in which he reviews, with muffled hilarity, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. This book includes Geertz's unflinching meditations on Western academia's encounters with the non-Western world, and on the shifting and clashing places of societies in the world generally. Geertz writes eloquently and arrestingly about such major figures as Gandhi, Foucault, and Genet, and on topics as varied as Islam, globalization, feminism, and the failings of nationalism. Life among the Anthros and Other Essays demonstrates Geertz's uncommon wisdom and consistently keen and hopeful humor, confirming his status as one of our most important and enduring public intellectuals." -- Jacket
19 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in English and held by 1,212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the New York Review of Books, where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the world in all its peculiarity. This book brings together the finest of Geertz's review essays from the New York Review along with a representative selection of later pieces written at the height of his powers, some that first appeared in periodicals such as Dissent, others never before published. This collection exemplifies Geertz's extraordinary range of concerns, beginning with his first essay for the Review in 1967, in which he reviews, with muffled hilarity, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. This book includes Geertz's unflinching meditations on Western academia's encounters with the non-Western world, and on the shifting and clashing places of societies in the world generally. Geertz writes eloquently and arrestingly about such major figures as Gandhi, Foucault, and Genet, and on topics as varied as Islam, globalization, feminism, and the failings of nationalism. Life among the Anthros and Other Essays demonstrates Geertz's uncommon wisdom and consistently keen and hopeful humor, confirming his status as one of our most important and enduring public intellectuals." -- Jacket
Negara : the theatre state in nineteenth-century Bali by
Clifford Geertz(
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22 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Old societies and new States; the quest for modernity in Asia and Africa by
University of Chicago(
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34 editions published between 1963 and 1971 in 4 languages and held by 1,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1963 and 1971 in 4 languages and held by 1,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Agricultural involution : the process of ecological change in Indonesia by
Clifford Geertz(
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48 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
48 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,019 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Peddlers and princes; social change and economic modernization in two Indonesian towns by
Clifford Geertz(
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50 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
50 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The social history of an Indonesian town by
Clifford Geertz(
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31 editions published between 1963 and 1975 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
31 editions published between 1963 and 1975 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kinship in Bali by
Hildred Geertz(
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13 editions published between 1975 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1975 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Myth, symbol, and culture by
Clifford Geertz(
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25 editions published between 1971 and 1974 in English and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Exploring the meaning of metaphors, nine scholars have contributed essays to this volume, ranging in subject from a Balinese cockfight through literary criticism to a home-cooked meal. The symbols men have used and continue to use are considered from the viewpoint of anthropology, history, government, and literature. This collection of interdisciplinary studies of meaning will be of particular interest to students of anthropology and literature
25 editions published between 1971 and 1974 in English and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Exploring the meaning of metaphors, nine scholars have contributed essays to this volume, ranging in subject from a Balinese cockfight through literary criticism to a home-cooked meal. The symbols men have used and continue to use are considered from the viewpoint of anthropology, history, government, and literature. This collection of interdisciplinary studies of meaning will be of particular interest to students of anthropology and literature
Meaning and order in Moroccan society : three essays in cultural analysis by
Clifford Geertz(
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17 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and held by 537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The three essays, independently written and richly armored with tables, figures, and appendices, do not present a common front on Morocco (though at times they tend at least stylistically to appropriate the field). They are all based on intensive anthropological fieldwork in and around a single town, Sefrou, in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains. They are united, the authors tell us, by "the view that the systems of meaning, whether highly explicit like Islam or rather less so like hospitality, in terms of which individuals live out their lives constitute what order those lives attain" (p. 6). They are united also-and this constitutes their interest-by a conceptual anguish and a quest for an appropriate set of categories for grasping what to the Westerner appears to be a very elusive, slippery sort of social and cultural reality. -- Review from https://www.jstor.org (Sep. 9, 2016)
17 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and held by 537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The three essays, independently written and richly armored with tables, figures, and appendices, do not present a common front on Morocco (though at times they tend at least stylistically to appropriate the field). They are all based on intensive anthropological fieldwork in and around a single town, Sefrou, in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains. They are united, the authors tell us, by "the view that the systems of meaning, whether highly explicit like Islam or rather less so like hospitality, in terms of which individuals live out their lives constitute what order those lives attain" (p. 6). They are united also-and this constitutes their interest-by a conceptual anguish and a quest for an appropriate set of categories for grasping what to the Westerner appears to be a very elusive, slippery sort of social and cultural reality. -- Review from https://www.jstor.org (Sep. 9, 2016)
Dichte Beschreibung : Beiträge zum Verstehen kultureller Systeme by
Clifford Geertz(
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35 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in German and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
35 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in German and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clifford Geertz by his colleagues(
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5 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, non-reductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding
5 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, non-reductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding
Person, time, and conduct in Bali: an essay in cultural analysis by
Clifford Geertz(
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16 editions published between 1966 and 1993 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1966 and 1993 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La interpretación de las culturas by
Clifford Geertz(
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26 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in Spanish and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A diferencia del enfoque tradicional de la antropología, que se regía por el estilo de trabajo de las ciencias naturales, Geertz propone una antropología más cercana a las ciencias humanas, cuya terea principal no es medir y clasificar, sino interpretar
26 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in Spanish and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A diferencia del enfoque tradicional de la antropología, que se regía por el estilo de trabajo de las ciencias naturales, Geertz propone una antropología más cercana a las ciencias humanas, cuya terea principal no es medir y clasificar, sino interpretar
Religiöse Entwicklungen im Islam : beobachtet in Marokko und Indonesien by
Clifford Geertz(
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6 editions published between 1988 and 1991 in German and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1988 and 1991 in German and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Inglis, Fred Author Editor
- Geertz, Hildred Author
- University of Chicago Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations
- Rabinow, Paul Author
- Hyman, Paul
- Association for Asian Studies
- Rosen, Lawrence 1941-
- Hyman, Paul Other Photographer
- Ortner, Sherry B. 1941- Other Editor
- Shweder, Richard A. Editor
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Africa Agriculture--Economic aspects Anthropologists Anthropology Anthropology--Fieldwork Anthropology--Philosophy Anthropology--Research Asia Civilization Classroom environment Cultural pluralism Culture Culture--Philosophy Culture--Research Curriculum planning Early childhood education--Curricula Economic development Economic history Ethnologists Ethnology Ethnology--Authorship Ethnology--Philosophy Foucault, Michel, Geertz, Clifford Hyman, Paul Indonesia Indonesia--Bali Island Indonesia--Java Indonesia--Mojokerto (Kabupaten) Indonesia--Tabanan (Kabupaten) Interdisciplinary approach in education Interdisciplinary research Interpersonal relations Islam Kinship Lévi-Strauss, Claude Manners and customs Morocco Morocco--Sefrou Newly independent states Philosophy Politics and government Project method in teaching Religion Social conditions Social sciences--Research--Methodology Symbolic anthropology Symbolism Teacher-student relationships United States
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Clifford Geertz ameerika antropoloog
Clifford Geertz Amerikaans antropoloog (1926-2006)
Clifford Geertz antropolog amerykański
Clifford Geertz antropologo statunitense
Clifford Geertz nhà nhân loại học/dân tộc học người Mỹ
Clifford Geertz US-amerikanischer Anthropologe
Geerts, Clifford
Geerts, Clifford 1926-2006
Geertz Clifford
Geertz, Clifford 1926-2006
Geertz, Clifford C.
Geertz Clifford C. 1926-2006
Geertz, Clifford James.
Geertz, Clifford James 1926-2006
Geertzas Cliffordas
Gerc, Kliford
Gertsas Klifordas Džeimsas
Gīrcs, Klifords 1926-2006
Κλίφορντ Γκερτζ
Гирц Клиффорд
Клифорд Гирц
Клиффорд Гирц
Клиффорд Гирц американский антрополог и социолог
Клифърд Гиърц
Кліфорд Гірц американський антрополог та соціолог
Кліфорд Ґірц
גירץ, קליפורד
גירץ, קליפורד 1926-2006
קליפורד גירץ
جيرتز، كليفورد، 1926-2006
كليفورد جيرتز
كليفورد غيرتز، 1926-2006
کلیفورد قیرتز
کلیفورد گیرتز
ক্লিফোর্ড গার্টস
기어츠, 클리퍼드
기어츠, 클리퍼드 1926-2006
기어츠, 클리포드 1926-2006
클리포드 기어츠
ギーアツ, C
ギアーツ, クリフォード
クリフォード・ギアツ
克利弗德·紀爾茲
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