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underrepresentation of women in general, and black women in particular, discursively constructs scholarly enquiry as normatively
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that are applied, often uncritically, in other contexts as if the Euro-American experience were universal. The result is
scholarship that is incongruous with local experiences and practices. As the Journal of Language and Sexuality
celebrates its tenth year of publication, it would benefit from including epistemic perspectives that are pluralistic in
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