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Life history and cultures of militancy in Latin America’s Cold War 拉丁美洲冷战时期战斗性的生活史和文化

Radical Americas Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ra.2023.v8.1.007

Timo Schaefer, Jacob Blanc

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Thinking through biography 通过传记思考

Radical Americas Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ra.2023.v8.1.009

Tanya Harmer

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‘The whole process of gender’: a feminist culture of militancy in southern Brazil “性别的整个过程”:巴西南部激进的女权主义文化

Radical Americas Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ra.2023.v8.1.006

Jeffrey W. Rubin

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Clandestinity and militant culture in Latin America, 1960s to the early 1980s: epistemological and historical reflections and an agenda for research 20世纪60年代至80年代初拉丁美洲的秘密与战斗文化:认识论和历史反思及研究议程

Radical Americas Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ra.2023.v8.1.008

Lucía Rayas

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