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African Diaspora Studies and the Lost Promise of Afrocentrism 非洲流散研究与非洲中心主义的失落前景

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12190

Jemima Pierre

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Valorizing Our Ancestors and Elders: Remembering Ira E. Harrison 纪念我们的祖先和长者：纪念Ira E.Harrison

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12193

F. Harrison

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Unapologetically Dramatic: Faye V. Harrison's Anthro‐Performance Pedagogy 无可辩驳的戏剧:费伊·v·哈里森的人类表演教学法

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12185

Camee Maddox‐Wingfield

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Good Bye to Mr. ABA! A Personal Tribute to Ira E. Harrison 再见，ABA先生!向艾拉·e·哈里森致敬

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12192

T. Whitehead

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Love for My People: Some Reflections on Sheila Walker and Life‐Affirming Anthropology 爱我的人民：关于Sheila Walker和肯定生命人类学的一些思考

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12197

Krystal Strong

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“Cultural Politics of Black Masculinity”: Edmund T. Gordon and Speaking the Truth in Anthropology “黑人男子气概的文化政治”：埃德蒙·戈登与人类学中的“说真话”

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12189

Keisha‐Khan Y. Perry

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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Reflections on A. Lynn Bolles's “Telling the Story Straight” 事情越变越不变——对A.Lynn Bolles“直白地讲故事”的思考

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12194

E. Williams

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From Boas to Black Power: Racism, Liberalism, and American AnthropologyMarkAnderson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019. ix + 262 pp. (Cloth US$90, Paper $28.00, E‐Book $15.12) 从鲍亚士到黑人权力:种族主义、自由主义与美国人类学加州斯坦福:斯坦福大学出版社，2019。ix + 262页(布$90，纸$28.00，电子书$15.12)

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12181

L. Baker

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State of the Association of Black Anthropologists 黑人人类学家协会的现况

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Transforming Anthropology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/traa.12198

Riché J. Daniel Barnes

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The Spatial Dimensions of White Supremacy: Reinventing the Lowcountry Plantation in the Gullah/Geechee Nation 白人至上的空间维度：重塑古拉/吉奇民族的低地种植园