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“Godsplaining”: Toward a Theory of Religious Capital in Political Rhetoric “上帝话语”：走向政治修辞学中的宗教资本理论

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211029316

Wincharles Coker

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Does Racism Discriminate? Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Among Nigerians and Jamaicans in Houston Texas 种族歧视吗?德克萨斯州休斯顿的尼日利亚人和牙买加人的种族和民族歧视

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211042035

Caralee Jones-Obeng

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The Dilemma of Global South’s Contributions to Critical Security Studies: The African Case 全球南方对关键安全研究贡献的困境——以非洲为例

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211041774

Kingsley Emeka Ezemenaka, Chijioke Egwu Ekumaoko

引用次数: 1

“Where I Can Breathe”: Examining the Impact of the Current Racial Climate on Black Students’ Choice to Attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities “我能呼吸的地方”：考察当前种族气候对黑人学生选择就读历史上黑人学院和大学的影响

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211039833

Janelle L. Williams, Robert T. Palmer, Brandy J. Jones

引用次数: 3

Framing the Problematics of Choice and Legacy: A Reading of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson as a Dilemma Tale 建构选择与遗产的问题——解读奥古斯特·威尔逊的《钢琴课》的困境故事

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-27 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211055331

Samuel Ato Bentum

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The (Ir)Representability of the Belated Traumatic Wound in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun 洛林·汉斯伯里《阳光下的葡萄干》中迟来创伤的可表征性

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-25 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211047877

Sumaya Haj

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“I am an African”: A Philosophical Enquiry of Identity and Culture “我是非洲人”：身份与文化的哲学追问

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211047874

Joel Mokhoathi

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引用次数: 1

Under the Brutal Watch: A Historical Examination of Slave Patrols in the United States and Brazil During the 18th and 19th Centuries 《残酷的监视之下:18、19世纪美国和巴西奴隶巡逻的历史考察》

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-06 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211049218

Betty L. Wilson

引用次数: 4

Sustainability Education for Ontological Re/Configuration: COVID-19 as a Pointer to the Ailing World Asili 本体论重构的可持续性教育：新冠肺炎指向痛苦的世界

IF 1.1 4区社会学

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/00219347211022038

T. Mokuku

引用次数: 2

Transformation of the Self in a Time of Chaos 混乱时期自我的转变