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Kristen Elias Rowley, Editor in Chief

Acquires in: Latinx studies, race and ethnic studies, cultural studies

Series: Formations: Adoption, Kinship, and Culture Global Latino/a Americas Latinx Shorts Race and Mediated Cultures

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Becca Bostock, Associate Editor

Acquires in: Gender and sexuality studies, Victorian Studies

Series: Abnormativities: Queer/Gender/Embodiment Digital Media, Feminist Resistance

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The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art of Transformation

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Winner, 2023 NCA Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies

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Eleanor Ty, Ed.

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New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Speculative

Sean Guynes and Martin Lund, Eds.

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