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Black cultural intermediaries: Difference, neoliberalism and the negotiation of Black cultural value 黑人文化中介：差异、新自由主义和黑人文化价值的协商

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231221659

Clive Nwonka

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Queer occultism, sentimental biopower, and becoming ‘bottoms’ as a means to divest from white supremacy among practitioners of magic in Montréal 同性恋神秘主义、多愁善感的生物力量，以及成为 "底层"，作为蒙特利尔魔术从业者摆脱白人至上主义的一种手段

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-04 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231225659

Sydney Sheedy

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Queer occultism, sentimental biopower, and becoming ‘bottoms’ as a means to divest from white supremacy among practitioners of magic in Montréal 同性恋神秘主义、多愁善感的生物力量，以及成为 "底层"，作为蒙特利尔魔术从业者摆脱白人至上主义的一种手段

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-04 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231225659

Sydney Sheedy

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A pub for England: Race and class in the time of the nation 英格兰的酒吧民族时代的种族与阶级

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231225742

Amit Singh, Sivamohan Valluvan, James Kneale

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The emergence and undermining of sex worker-led freelance feminism 性工作者主导的自由女权主义的出现和削弱

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231218407

Jessica Simpson

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The female entrepreneur: Fragments of a genealogy 女企业家家谱碎片

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231224589

Jo Littler

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Reality offsets: Climate meets capitalism at the Olympic Games 现实抵消：奥林匹克运动会上的气候与资本主义

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231224398

Ben Glasson

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Marginalized disappearances: Shaping the power relations of the search for the missing 被边缘化的失踪：塑造寻找失踪者的权力关系

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231221210

Anna Matyska

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Book review: Laura Clancy, Running the Family Firm: How the Monarchy Manages its Image and our Money 书评：劳拉-克兰西：《经营家族企业》：君主如何管理自己的形象和我们的金钱

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231226305

Hanna Kuusela

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Book review: Susan Liddy, Women, Ageing and the Screen Industries: Falling off a Cliff? 书评：苏珊-利迪，《妇女、老龄化与屏幕产业》：掉下悬崖？

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1177/13675494231226306

Josephine Dolan

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