944 Citations
Counterpunching with culture: Boxers in relation to the dominant ideology
- Sociology, Education
- 2015
Numerous scholars have studied the sociological underpinnings of boxing and the boxing site; however, few studies have looked at the cultural level of boxing. This study endeavours to introduce…
Examining community capacity to support Karen refugee women's mental health and well-being in the context of resettlement in Canada
- Political Science
- 2015
Comedy and social change in French cinema 1990-2010 : the rise of the rom-com
- Art
- 2013
This thesis focuses on the sudden proliferation of a highly popular genre in French cinema over the past two decades. While genre cinema, French and otherwise, and especially comedy have historically…
Culturalism, E.P. Thompson and the polemic in British Cultural Studies
- Art, SociologyContinuum
- 2019
ABSTRACT The recent publishing of Stuart Hall’s 1983 lectures on the theoretical history of British Cultural Studies (BCS) provides an opportunity to reconsider the efficacy of ‘culturalism’ and…
Looking into the “Anime Global Popular” and the “Manga Media”: Reflections on the Scholarship of a Transnational and Transmedia Industry
- Art, SociologyArts
- 2019
This article introduces the special issue dedicated to global industries around anime, its theoretical commentary and its cross-cultural consumption, and employs the concepts of “manga media” as well as the "popular global”, giving an account of the transmedia and transcultural character of these creative industries.
Audience perception of portrayals of women in selected Lokshin Bioskop films.
- Environmental Science
- 2016
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Discourse and Language in Marketing Communication, with Specific Regard to the Fear of Social Exclusion. A Single Case Study on Apple Inc.
- Business
- 2016
The purpose of this study is to analyse the communication of Apple to illustrate how social exclusion is used to produce fear, and how it has played the role as a means of persuasion in a constructed…
Information in formation: Power and agency in contemporary informatic assemblages
- Sociology
- 2016
Bryan G. Behrenshausen: Information in Formation: Power and Agency in Contemporary Informatic Assemblages (Under the direction of Lawrence Grossberg) This dissertation critically examines the concept…
Neoliberal affects
- Sociology
- 2016
Claims about neoliberalism and its geographies frequently involve assumptions about the affective life of neoliberalism and/or neoliberal societies. However, existing cultural approaches to…
Rural Reality: How Reality Television Portrayals of Appalachian People Impact Their View of Their Culture
- Political Science
- 2016
OF THESIS RURAL REALITY: HOW REALITY TELEVISION PORTRAYALS OF APPALACHIAN PEOPLE IMPACT THEIR VIEW OF THEIR CULTURE Appalachian people have faced stereotyping of their culture and region in popular…