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Educational Mobility and Cultural Omnivorousness in Germany 德国的教育流动性和文化全能性

IF 1.4 1区社会学

Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241247991

Yevhen Voronin, Mark Lutter

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Exploring Digital/Non-digital Entanglements Through Everyday Practice Connections in Young People’s Gaming 通过青少年游戏中的日常实践联系探索数字与非数字之间的纠葛

IF 1.4 1区社会学

Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241259927

T. Bengtsson, Kristian Haulund Jensen

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Who is on Show? Globalization of Private Contemporary Art Museums in China 谁在展示？中国民营当代美术馆的全球化

IF 1.9 1区社会学

Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241246030

S. Kharchenkova, Lisa-Marie Merkus

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The Activist Character: Power and Empowerment in Bestselling Activist Memoirs in the United States 活动家的性格：美国畅销活动家回忆录中的权力与赋权

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241249620

J. Gøtzsche-Astrup

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Reactionary Exiles. How Conspiracy Theorists Deal with Socio-Technological Exclusion 反动的流亡者。阴谋论者如何应对社会技术排斥

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241248726

Kamile Grusauskaite, Jaron Harambam, S. Aupers

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Elite Reproduction and Power in the Neoliberal Era: The Image-Making of King Carl XVI Gustaf as ‘Sweden’s Leader’ 新自由主义时代的精英再现与权力：卡尔十六世-古斯塔夫国王作为 "瑞典领袖 "的形象塑造

IF 1.9 1区社会学

Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241252192

Mikael Holmqvist

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Book Review: The Sociology of Literature 书评文学社会学

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241242670

John M. Vana

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Book Review: The Global Rules of Art: The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy 书评：全球艺术规则：世界文化经济的兴起与分化

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241236080

Christian Morgner

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Neoliberal Feminism and Political Leadership: The Representation of Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein in Popular Culture 新自由主义女性主义与政治领导力：乔治亚-梅洛尼和艾丽-施莱因在大众文化中的代表形象

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241238135

Noemi Ciarniello, Emiliana De Blasio, Donatella Selva

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Adolescents’ Music Tastes in the Streaming Era: The Case of Belgium 流媒体时代的青少年音乐品味：比利时案例

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Cultural Sociology Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1177/17499755241244529

Luca Carbone, Laura Vandenbosch

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