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Aging Bodies in Paradise: A Feminist Analysis of Key West’s Fantasy Fest 天堂中衰老的身体:基韦斯特幻想节的女权主义分析

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2022-01-04 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211062844

Rachel Douglas, A. Barrett

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“I Live Here”: How Residents of Color Experience Racialized Surveillance and Diversity Ideology in a Liberal Predominantly White Neighborhood “我住在这里”：有色人种居民如何在自由派占主导地位的白人社区体验种族化的监视和多样性意识形态

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-12-05 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211052545

Maria R. Lowe, Madeline Carrola, Dakota Cortez, Mary E. Jalufka

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Race, Criminal Records, and Discrimination Against Job Seekers: Examining Attitudinal Mechanisms 种族、犯罪记录和对求职者的歧视:态度机制的检验

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211053832

M. Denver, Justin T. Pickett

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Does State Allocation of University Funding Moderate Effectively Maintained Inequality? 国家对大学资金的适度分配是否有效地维持了不平等？

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-10-24 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211054050

Christian Michael Smith

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Clear and Omnipresent Danger: Digital Age Culture Wars and Reactions to Drag Queen Story Hour across Diverse Subreddit Communities 明确和无所不在的危险:数字时代的文化战争和反应变装皇后故事小时跨越不同的子reddit社区

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211050019

Alyssa J. Davis, Heather Hensman Kettrey

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引用次数: 4

Resources in Relational Packages: Social Capital as a Byproduct of Relational Work 关系包中的资源:作为关系工作副产品的社会资本

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211045081

Dustin S. Stoltz, Aaron Z. Pitluck

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Whose Need Matters?: The Local Welfare State, Poverty, and Variation in US Counties’ Social Service Provisioning 谁的需求更重要?地方福利国家、贫困和美国县社会服务供给的差异

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211047886

Paige Kelly, L. Lobao

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引用次数: 9

Financial Stress, Race, and Student Debt during the Great Recession. 经济大萧条时期的经济压力、种族和学生债务。

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Social Currents Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/23294965211026692

Elizabeth C Martin, Rachel E Dwyer