Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies最新文献

Analysis of Forms and Elements in Architecture 建筑中的形式和元素分析

4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.11648/j.frontiers.20230302.12

Folahan Anthony Adenaike

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“Transgender Frogs Turn Your Son Gay”: Endangered Amphibians, Estrogenic Pollution, and Male Extinction “变性青蛙让你的儿子变成同性恋”：濒危的两栖动物、雌激素污染和雄性灭绝

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0002

M. Perret

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Gender and Race in John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔《女性主体》中的性别与种族

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0003

Aurélie Knüfer

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A Feminist Sexology Perspective on the Multifunctional Clitoris: Dispelling the Sole Purpose Myth 多功能阴蒂的女性主义性学视角:破除唯一目的的神话

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0001

Angela Towne

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Pandemic Time: A Critical Introduction 大流行时间:关键导论

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0005

Darius Bost

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On the Lateness of Pandemic Time 论大流行病时间的潜在性

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0008

William G. Mosley

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Black Feminists on Television in the 1970s 70年代电视上的黑人女权主义者

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0004

M. Kibler

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Language, Water, Dance: An Indigenous Meditation on Time 语言、水、舞蹈：对时间的本土思考

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0009

Kiara M. Vigil

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The Temporality of Breath: Under Racial Capitalism 呼吸的暂时性：在种族资本主义下

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0011

Stephen Dillon

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A Meditation on Grief in Pandemic Times 大流行时期对悲伤的思考

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Frontiers-A Journal of Women Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1353/fro.2023.0010

Karma R. Chávez

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