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Emergent Specters and Disruptive Play in the Production of Disc Golf 圆盘高尔夫生产中的突发性Specters和颠覆性游戏

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2080779

Alex R. Colucci

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How Systemic Racism Shapes Access to Interscholastic Sports and Why It Matters 系统性种族主义如何影响校际体育的准入及其重要性

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2067927

Kaitlin Pericak, Brandon P. Martinez

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Emerging Sports 新兴体育特刊简介

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-06-13 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2081003

J. Woods

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Between the Oche and Treble-Twenty: Darts as a “Way of Life” in Contemporary London 在Oche和triple - twenty之间:飞镖作为当代伦敦的“生活方式”

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-05-02 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2068098

Nicholas W. Howe Bukowski

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Performing Gender in Recreational Pole Dancing: Enabling and Constraining Factors 娱乐性钢管舞表演中的性别因素及其制约因素

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-04-25 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2066589

A. L. Jensen, L. Thing

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Disseminating White Male Nationalist Discourses via YouTube: An Analysis of White Power Music Lyrics 通过YouTube传播白人男性民族主义话语——白人力量音乐歌词分析

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2046667

S. M. Alexander, Nicole Aggarwal, Anastasia M. Hite

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To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: The Psychosocial Ramifications of Being Resilient Black Women Engineering and Computing Doctoral Students 代码转换或不代码转换:弹性黑人女性工程和计算机博士生的心理社会后果

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2054482

B. Spencer, S. Artis, Marjorie C. Shavers, S. Lesure, Aishwarya P. Joshi

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Heterogeneity in Neighborhood Social Integration: Understanding the Role of Private Support 邻里社会融合中的异质性：对私人支持作用的理解

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2048757

Ellen M. Whitehead

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Gendering Identity Talk: Gamers’ Gendered Constructions of Gamer Identity 流派身份论：游戏者对游戏者身份的流派建构

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2022.2042441

Bertan Buyukozturk

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A Qualitative Case Study of Catholic Patients’ Responses to Pain, Suffering, and Redemption: Application and Evaluation of the Rational Choice Approach to Religion 天主教病患对痛苦、苦难与救赎反应的质性个案研究:理性选择方法在宗教中的应用与评价

Sociological Focus Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2021.2010247

Yuk-ying Ho

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