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The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek M. D. Silva, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2024. 252 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4696-8346-1 《大学橄榄球的终结：关于全美比赛的人力成本》作者：内森·卡尔曼-兰姆和德里克·m·d·席尔瓦，北卡罗来纳州教堂山：北卡罗来纳大学出版社，2024年。252页。ISBN: 978-1-4696-8346-1

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70007

Andrew Kettler

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. By L. Frank Baum. Edited by Mark I. West and Dina Schiff Massachi, Peterborough, Canada: Broadview Editions, 2024. 298 pp. $18.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-554-81624-8 《绿野仙踪》，弗兰克·鲍姆著。马克·韦斯特和迪娜·希夫·马萨奇编辑，彼得伯勒，加拿大：Broadview出版社，2024年。298页，18.95美元（平装本）。ISBN: 978-1-554-81624-8

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70009

Mark E. Benbow

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Sonic Identity at the Margins By Jessie Fillerup and Joanna Love (eds.), New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. 296 pp. $39.95 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-1-50-136879-0 《边缘的声音身份》，杰西·菲勒普和乔安娜·洛夫主编，纽约：布卢姆斯伯里学术出版社，2023年。296页，39.95美元（平装本）。ISBN: 978-1-50-136879-0

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70010

Andrew Kettler

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“Queens of Ghost-Land” 134 Years Later: Un-Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser 134年后的“幽灵之地的女王”：揭开阿巴拉契亚巫术指控者的面具

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70016

Aíne Norris

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Blues Elegy: (Re)Framing the Harlem Renaissance as a Literary Response to the 1918–19 Spanish Flu Pandemic 蓝调挽歌：（重新）将哈莱姆文艺复兴作为1918-19年西班牙流感大流行的文学回应

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70033

Nahum Welang

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Talk About Sex: How Sex Ed Battles Helped Ignite the Right. Twentieth Anniversary Edition By Janice M. Irvine, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2023. $34.95. (Paperback) 252 pp. ISBN: 978-1-43-992422-8 谈论性：性教育之争如何点燃了正确的火花。20周年纪念版，珍妮丝M.欧文，费城，宾夕法尼亚州：坦普尔大学出版社，2023年。34.95美元。（平装本）252页。ISBN: 978-1-43-992422-8

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70006

Kurt Edward Milberger

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Searching for Woody Guthrie: A Personal Exploration of the Folk Singer, His Music, and His Politics. By Ron Briley, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2020. 400 pp. ISBN: 978-1-62-190533-2 寻找伍迪·格斯里：对这位民谣歌手、他的音乐和他的政治的个人探索。罗恩·布里利著，诺克斯维尔：田纳西大学出版社，2020年。400页。ISBN: 978-1-62-190533-2

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70005

Scott R. Stalcup

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“They Look Just Like You and Me”: The Evolution of Immigrant Representation in American Sitcoms, 1950–2025 “他们看起来就像你和我”：1950-2025年美国情景喜剧中移民形象的演变

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70015

Judith Clemens-Smucker, Caleb George Hubbard

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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation “这就像你走过的一部恐怖电影”：通过沉浸式娱乐体验恐怖

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70030

Susan Weidmann

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Boomtown: What Fort Worth, Texas, Teaches Us About the Role of Film Commissions in the Era of Mobile Production 新兴城市：什么沃斯堡，得克萨斯州，教我们关于电影委员会在移动生产时代的作用

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JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE Pub Date : 2026-06-12 Epub Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.70019

Tricia Jenkins, Kimberly Owczarski

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