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Book Review: Feeding New Orleans: Celebrity Chefs and Reimagining Food Justice By Jeanne K. Firth 书评：喂养新奥尔良：名厨与重塑食品正义》作者：Jeanne K. Firth

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1177/08912432241291058

Alison Hope Alkon

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Book Review: Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice by Zakiya Luna Zakiya Luna的书评：《作为人权的生殖权利：有色人种妇女与生殖正义的斗争》

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231177257

P. Wright

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Feminist Pedagogies on the Front Lines: Struggling Against a Mine, Struggling Against Patriarchy 第一线的女性主义教育学:抗争矿山，抗争父权制

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231185876

Tamar Shirinian

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What Biological Stories are Americans Telling About the Egg and the Sperm? A Study Inspired by Emily Martin 30 Years Later 关于卵子和精子，美国人讲了哪些生物学故事?艾米丽·马丁30年后启发的一项研究

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231187431

Rene Almeling

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The Discursive Work of “Bottom-Shaming”: Sexual Positioning Discourse in the Construction of Black Masculinity “底层羞耻”话语：黑人男性气质建构中的性定位话语

IF 5.5 1区社会学

Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231186999

Terrell J. A. Winder

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Book Review: Campus Sexual Violence: A State of Institutionalized Sexual Terrorism by Sarah Prior and Brooke A. De Heer and Sexual Assault on Campus: Defending Due Process by Tamara Rice Lave Sarah Prior和Brooke A.De Heer的书评：《校园性暴力：制度化性恐怖主义的状态》和Tamara Rice Lave的《校园性侵：捍卫正当程序》

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231186764

Nona Maria Gronert

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Book Review: More Than Marriage: Forming Families after Marriage Equality by John G. Culhane 约翰·G·卡尔汉的书评：《超越婚姻：婚姻平等后组建家庭》

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231186763

S. Vogler

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Book Review: This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States by Manijeh Moradian 书评：《内在的火焰：美国的伊朗革命者》，Manijeh Moradian著

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231184797

Neda Maghbouleh

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Book Review: Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Edited by Katrina Daly Thompson 书评：边缘的穆斯林：在北美建立酷儿宗教社区

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231184794

Momin Rahman

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Modern, Empowered, but Stigmatized: Analyzing the Construction of Menstrual Cups as Feminist Technologies 现代的、被赋予权力的、却被污名化的——解读月经杯作为女性主义技术的构建

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Gender & Society Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/08912432231182479

M. Shaw

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