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Correction to “Impossible Subjects and Transgender Aberrations” 修正“不可能的主题和跨性别畸变”

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-09-03 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70018

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The Practices of Everyday Authoritarian Life: Anthropological Knowledge Production Under Trump 2.0 日常专制生活的实践：特朗普2.0下的人类学知识生产

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-08-03 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70017

Xitlalli Alvarez Almendariz, Matt Chrisler, Elizabeth Hanna Rubio, Denise Brennan

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Impossible Subjects and Transgender Aberrations 不可能的科目和变性失常

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-07-30 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70016

Xitlalli Alvarez Almendariz

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Care as a Survival Strategy Under Authoritarianism: A Nicaraguan Ethnographic Perspective 关怀作为威权主义下的生存策略：尼加拉瓜民族志视角

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-06-23 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70015

Thelma Dietrich Rivera

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Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge. By Catherine Tan: Columbia University Press, 2025. 400 pp. ISBN: 978-0-23-120613-6 频谱上的空间：自闭症运动如何抵制专家和创造知识。凯瑟琳·谭：哥伦比亚大学出版社，2025年。400页。ISBN: 978-0-23-120613-6

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-06-04 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70014

Jesica R. Bates

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Resignation and Digital Hegemony: Universities Within the American Tech-Industrial Complex 辞职与数字霸权：美国科技工业综合体中的大学

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70012

Jordan C. Keck, Nicholas Miller

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Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-05-04

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Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-05-04

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Narratives of Lost Seattle: Depression, Whiteness, and Neoliberal Affect 迷失西雅图的叙述：萧条、白人和新自由主义的影响

Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1002/nad.70011

John Marlovits

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Journal for the anthropology of North America Pub Date : 2026-04-28

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