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Landscapes of Distant Suffering: Interrogating Humanitarian Documentary Film Representation of “Harmful” Cultural Practices 遥远苦难的风景：质疑人道主义纪录片对“有害”文化习俗的再现

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1984216

Dorothy Atuhura

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“China, Unaona Mkono Yangu Ama Una-nini?”: The Wedding Engagement between Kenya and China in the Churchill Comedy Show “中国，你看到你的手还是你有什么？”：丘吉尔喜剧秀中肯尼亚和中国的婚约

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1940886

Ming-hui Yuan, Yuning Shen

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引用次数: 1

Self-censorship and Shifting Cognitions of Offence in the Stand-up Acts of Basket Mouth and Trevor Noah 篮筐嘴和特雷弗·诺亚单口相声中的自我审查与冒犯意识的转变

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1968806

Izuu Nwankwọ

引用次数: 3

Binyavanga Wainaina’s Narrative of the IMF-generation as Development Critique Binyavanga Wainaina对国际货币基金组织一代作为发展批判的叙述

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1976118

Martina Kopf

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引用次数: 2

The Politics of “Queer Reading” an Ethiopian Saint and Discovering Precolonial Queer Africans 埃塞俄比亚圣人“酷儿阅读”政治与发现殖民前酷儿非洲人

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1975265

Serawit B. Debele

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引用次数: 0

“I Thought She Was Ordinary, I Only Saw Her Body”: Sex and Celebrity Advocacy in Nigerian Popular Culture “我以为她很普通，我只看到了她的身体”:尼日利亚流行文化中的性和名人宣传

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2020.1762169

Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola

引用次数: 6

Youth, Football and Everyday Lived Experience in Ajegunle, Lagos 青年、足球和拉各斯Ajegunle的日常生活经历

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1960488

P. Okpalaeke

引用次数: 1

The Rider and the Coffee Maker: Sites and Practices of Remembrance in Contemporary Namibia 骑手和咖啡机:当代纳米比亚的纪念场所和实践

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1947785

Renzo Baas

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Performing Respect: Contemporary Strategies and Lived Experiences in Intimate Relationships in Maputo 表演尊重：马普托亲密关系中的当代策略与生活体验

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-14 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2021.1930521

Sandra Manuel

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引用次数: 1

“Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity: Citation Indexes, “Predatory” Publishing, and the African Research Ecosystem “虚假”期刊与真实性的脆弱性：引文索引、“掠夺性”出版和非洲研究生态系统

IF 1 2区社会学

Journal of African Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2020.1864304

David S. Mills, A. Branford, K. Inouye, N. Robinson, P. Kingori

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引用次数: 7