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Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 19-29, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation

open access: yesNew Phytologist, Volume 249, Issue 6, Page 2630-2651, March 2026.
Summary Wood density is central for estimating vegetation carbon storage and a plant functional trait of great ecological and evolutionary importance. However, the global extent of wood density variation is unclear, especially at the intraspecific level. We assembled the most comprehensive wood density collection to date, including 109 626 records from
Fabian Jörg Fischer   +105 more
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Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency

open access: yesPresidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article applies a four‐dimensional analytical framework to re‐evaluate Nelson Mandela's presidency (1994–1999). The framework distinguishes tensions and synergies across four key domains of leadership: executive and symbolic, party and state, international and domestic, and formal versus informal.
Anthony Butler
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Bottled Water and the Social Sciences: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Social sciences approach the steady rise of bottled water consumption at the beginning of the 21st century from four analytical vantage points: political economy, semiotics and lifestyle, political ecology, and materiality‐centered. Each analytic has crucial methodological and conceptual contributions to make, as well as zones of potential ...
Liviu Chelcea
wiley   +1 more source

Nucleolar dominance arises in Spartina homoploid hybrids and persists after allopolyploidization

open access: yesThe Plant Journal, Volume 125, Issue 5, March 2026.
Significance Statement Evolution of nucleolar dominance in Spartina anglica since its origin c. 150 years ago. mC, cytosine methylation; NOR, nucleolar organizer regions. rDNA resides within the NORs. Spartina anglica C.E. Hubbard presents an iconic allopolyploid species that formed only 150 years ago, spreading worldwide since then.
Alena Kuderová   +8 more
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