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The Anthropology of Anxiety: An Introduction 焦虑人类学：导论

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70030

Nutsa Batiashvili, Katie Rose Hejtmanek, Stéphanie Larchanché

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Solar Seduction: Aesthetic Labor and Racial Discipline in Brazil's Newest Tanning Craze 太阳的诱惑：巴西最新的晒黑热潮中的审美劳动和种族纪律

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70006

Jennifer Roth-Gordon, Erika Robb Larkins

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Light Leak as Method: Theorizing a Photographic Accident 漏光法：摄影事故的理论化

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28101

Myriam Amri

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Trade Networks and Consumer Practices in Amedeka, Ghana: Negotiating “Nkudzedze” From the Late 19th to Mid-20th Centuries 加纳阿梅代卡的贸易网络和消费者行为：19世纪末至20世纪中期的“恩库泽德泽”谈判

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70021

Dela Kuma

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Navigating the Bureaucratic Dimensions of Reproductive Violence on the US-Mexico Border During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency 在2019冠状病毒病突发公共卫生事件期间，美国-墨西哥边境生殖暴力的官僚层面

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70008

Carina Heckert

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LiDAR-Based Storytelling About a Historical Industrial Landscape in Southern Middle Tennessee 基于激光雷达的田纳西州中南部历史工业景观叙事

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70034

Carla E. Klehm, V. Camille Westmont

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The Art of Remembering and Making a Way: Going There, Knowing There, and Other Curious Lessons From “The Genius of the South” 记忆和开辟道路的艺术：去那里，知道那里，以及来自“南方天才”的其他有趣的教训

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-09-20 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70027

Antoinette Jackson

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Conjuring and Calming Anxiety: CrossFit and Whiteness in Contemporary America 召唤和平息焦虑：当代美国的混合健身和白人化

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70033

Katie Rose Hejtmanek

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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield 学会爱老鼠：战后柬埔寨雷区的生态

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70019

Darcie DeAngelo

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New Media Ecologies, Old Occupational Subjectivities and Practices: Tensions and Contradictions in Online Crowdfunding for the Arts in the Netherlands 新媒体生态、旧职业主体性与实践：荷兰艺术网络众筹中的紧张与矛盾

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-11-07 Epub Date: 2025-10-20 DOI: 10.1111/aman.70032

Eitan Wilf

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