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‘Joy is resistance’: cross-platform resilience and (re)invention of Black oral culture online

Jessica H. LuCollege of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Catherine Knight SteeleCollege of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Pages 823-837 | Received 13 Nov 2018, Accepted 21 Jan 2019, Published online: 07 Mar 2019

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