Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization最新文献

Chapter 10. Irrational Perspectives and Untenable Positions: Sociology, Madness and Disability 第十章。非理性的观点和站不住脚的立场:社会学、疯狂和残疾

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181011

K. Inckle

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Chapter 8. The Spectacle of Russian Feminism: Questioning Visibility and the Western Gaze 第八章。俄罗斯女性主义的奇观:质疑可见性与西方凝视

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181009

M. K. Wiedlack

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Chapter 12. Girls to the Front! Gender and Alternative Spaces 第十二章。姑娘们上前线!性别与另类空间

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181013

L. Way

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Prelims 预备考试

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181001

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Conclusion: Making Sense of Alternativity in Leisure and Culture: Back to Subculture? 结论:理解休闲和文化的可替代性:回到亚文化?

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181015

K. Spracklen

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Chapter 7. ‘Heavily Tattooed and Beautiful?’: Tattoo Collecting, Gender and Self-Expression 第七章。“满身纹身又漂亮?”:纹身收藏、性别与自我表达

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181008

B. Thompson

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Chapter 13. No Blue Plaques ‘In the Land of Grey and Pink’: The Canterbury Sound, Heritage and the Alternative Relationships of Popular Music and Place 第13章。《在灰色和粉色的土地上》:坎特伯雷的声音、遗产和流行音乐与地方的另类关系

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181014

A. Draganova, S. Blackman

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Chapter 2. Cursed is the Fruit of Thy Womb: Inversion/Subversion and the Inscribing of Morality on Women’s Bodies in Heavy Metal 第二章。诅咒是你子宫的果实:反转/颠覆和道德在重金属女性身体上的铭刻

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181004

Amanda DiGioia, C. Davis

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Chapter 6. Constructions of Regulation and Social Norms of Tattooed Female Bodies 第六章。女性身体文身的规范建构与社会规范

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181007

C. Dann

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Chapter 3. Japanophilia in Kuwait: How Far Does International Culture Penetrate? 第三章。科威特的亲日情结:国际文化的渗透有多深?

Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces: Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization Pub Date : 2018-09-27 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78756-511-120181005

T. Botz-Bornstein

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