This article explores the agency (often self-effacing) of zinc as the critical material and currency of British imperialism. For Primo Levi zinc embodies a rite of passage between metals and his ow...

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本文探讨了锌作为英帝国主义关键材料和货币的作用（通常是谦虚的）。对于 Primo Levi 来说，锌象征着金属和他自己的作品之间的过渡仪式……