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Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa 走向生育政治：非洲的生殖衰弱

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70113

Tessa Moll

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Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism 特朗普威权主义下人种学家面临的四个问题

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70117

Elizabeth Hanna Rubio

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Weaving Biocultural Worlds: Embodied Collaboration and Revitalization in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 编织的生物文化世界：体现合作和振兴在新爱尔兰，巴布亚新几内亚

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-08-04 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70111

Paige West, John Aini

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When Humans Need Gods and Gods Need Humans: Prophetic Authority and Ritual Negotiation in Himachal Pradesh 当人类需要神和神需要人类：喜马偕尔邦的预言权威和仪式谈判

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-10-26 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70134

Asaf Sharabi

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Stitches and Phantom Conversations: Three Flags (Elizabeth Chin) and The Ghost Ship Captain (An AI Presence) (Scott A. Lukas and George E. Marcus) 缝线和幻影对话：三面旗帜（Elizabeth Chin）和幽灵船船长（AI存在）（Scott A. Lukas和George E. Marcus）

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70125

Brian Young

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Toward a Politics of Planetary Care: The Limits of More-Than-Human Approaches, Silenced Notes From Indigenous Forest Worlds in India 走向地球关怀的政治：超越人类的方法的极限，来自印度土著森林世界的沉默音符

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-10-23 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70129

Alpa Shah

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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident 人类世与核灾难的终结：福岛核事故的正常化

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70116

Maxime Polleri

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Tracing Invisible Historical Legacies in Human Milk Donation: Does Race Matter in Postpartum Care in Cabo Verde? 追踪母乳捐赠中无形的历史遗产：佛得角的产后护理是否与种族有关？

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70109

Alice Larotonda

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Invisible Anthropology 看不见的人类学

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-11-08 Epub Date: 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70123

Max Bowens

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Bodies, Stereotypes, and Reproduction: Black Migrants Experiencing Obstetric Violence and Racism in Portugal 身体，刻板印象和生殖：黑人移民在葡萄牙经历产科暴力和种族主义

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2026-08-17 Epub Date: 2026-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70094

Catarina Barata, Chiara Pussetti

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