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Uncovering Indigenous Worlds and Histories on a Bend of a New England River before the 1650s: Problematizing Nomenclature and Settler Colonial History, Deep History, and Early Colonization Narratives 17世纪50年代以前，在新英格兰河的拐弯处发现土著世界和历史:命名法和定居者殖民历史问题，深层历史和早期殖民叙事

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/69-01

Christoph Strobel

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Teaching the Black Power Movement, the Genre of Documentary Film and Critical Media Literacy 教授黑人权力运动，纪录片类型和批判媒体素养

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/70-05

Viola Huang

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Leipzig’s Social Hypertext Reader SHRIMP and the “Introduction to American Studies” 莱比锡社会超文本阅读器SHRIMP与“美国研究导论”

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/70-02

Sebastian Herrmann

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Can the Undocumented Speak? Undocumented Immigrants and Self-Representation 非法移民能说话吗?无证移民与自我表现

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/69-04

M. Canelo

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Essay: The Mad Patriot 疯狂的爱国者

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/69-06

D. Adams

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Entangled Encounters: The Transcultural Counterwitness and Implication in Claudia Rankine and John Lucas’s Situations 纠缠的遭遇:克劳迪娅·兰金和约翰·卢卡斯处境中的跨文化反证人及其暗示

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/69-03

M. Morán

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“Art Has a Bad (W)rap”: A Conversation with Michael Cullen about the “Wrapped Reichstag” “艺术有不好的(W)说唱”:与迈克尔·卡伦谈“被包装的国会大厦”

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/69-05

Andrew S. Gross

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Flipped Classrooms and the Pitfalls of Digital Learning 翻转课堂和数字化学习的陷阱

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.18422/70-04

P. Reisner

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France-Based Scholars Researching Minority Groups in the Field: A Symposium 法国少数民族学者研究领域:研讨会

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-19 DOI: 10.18422/68-08

Mathieu Bonzom, Rim Latrache, Caroline D. Laurent, Y. L. Moigne

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Deconstructing and Reconstructing Woman Suffrage History: The Story of the Woman’s Party 解构与重建妇女选举权的历史:妇女政党的故事

American Studies Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-19 DOI: 10.18422/68-03

C. Delahaye

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