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Commodified Nature: Intertwined Threads of Identification 商业化的自然：交织的识别线索

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Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2022.2073544

Morgan Rocha

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Disrupting Phallic Logic: (Re)thinking the Feminine with Hélène Cixous and Bracha Ettinger 颠覆Phallic逻辑：与Hélène Cixous和Bracha Ettinger重新思考女性

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.2011706

R. Daly

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引用次数: 1

Commodity Feminism and Dressing the ‘Best Self’ on A Practical Wedding 商品女权主义和在实际婚礼上穿“最好的自己”

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.2018992

Ilya Parkins, Rosie Findlay

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引用次数: 4

Sustaining a Feminist Periodical: Economic Print Ephemera in Heresies 维持女权主义期刊:异端中的经济印刷短暂

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1972408

M. Meagher, Kylie Burton

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Feminist Infrastructure for Better Weathering 女权主义的基础设施更好的风化

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1969639

J. Hamilton, T. Zettel, Astrida Neimanis

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引用次数: 5

Marriage Equality Blues: Method and Mess around the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey 婚姻平等蓝调：澳大利亚婚姻法邮政调查的方法和混乱

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.2004538

L. Wallace, Victoria Rawlings, Paul G. Kelaita, Anika Gauja

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Posters with Glitter Issues: Exploring Archival (W)holes at the Newberry Library 有闪光问题的海报：探索纽伯里图书馆的档案（W）洞

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1995848

Jessica M Lapp

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Can Historical Infanticide Investigations Help Us Understand Embodied Experiences of the Past? 历史杀婴调查能帮助我们理解过去的具体化经历吗?

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1929063

Amanda Gardiner

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Archives as Spaces of Radical Hospitality 档案是激进好客的空间

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1969520

Jamie A. Lee

引用次数: 2

Feminist Research Ethics and First Nations Women’s Life Narratives: A Conversation 女性主义研究伦理与原住民女性生命叙事:对话

IF 0.7 4区社会学

Australian Feminist Studies Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.2004537

Kathy Travis, Victoria K. Haskins

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