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Economic martyrs and moralised others: The construction of social class in UK media during the ‘age of austerity’ 经济殉道者和道德化的其他人:“紧缩时代”英国媒体的社会阶级建构

IF 2.4 2区社会学

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221147746

L. Marsden

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Becoming apart: Drag and the practice of immanent resistance in postsocialist Belgrade 渐行渐远：后社会主义贝尔格莱德的阻力与内在抵抗实践

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-26 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221144468

A. Filipović

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Wounded men of feminism: Exploring regimes of male victimhood in the Spanish manosphere 女权主义的受伤男人：探索西班牙庄园中的男性受害者制度

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221140586

Elisa García Mingo, S. Díaz Fernández

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‘U OK hun’? Classed femininities, meme culture and locating humour in the celebrity ‘hun’ “你没事吧，亲爱的?”分类的女性主义、模因文化以及在名人“hun”中的幽默定位

IF 2.4 2区社会学

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221134344

Laura Minor

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Emotional scapes in Mediterranean port cities: Walking Barcelona, Marseille and Genova 地中海港口城市的情感景观：步行巴塞罗那、马赛和热那亚

IF 2.4 2区社会学

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221141921

J. Duruz, Angela Giovanangeli, A. Loda, N. Manganas

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‘I’m just not gay-gay’: Exploring same-sex desire and sexual minority identity formation in SKAM and its Western European remakes “我不是同性恋”:探索SKAM及其西欧翻拍版中的同性欲望和性少数身份的形成

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221136616

Frederik Dhaenens, Salma Mediavilla Aboulaoula, Anke Lion

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Screen agencies as cultural intermediaries: Delivering gender equality in the film and television sectors? 作为文化中介的电影机构：在电影和电视部门实现性别平等？

IF 2.4 2区社会学

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221134342

Caitriona Noonan, M. Brock

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The zaniness of everyday life: Trump, Littler and Ngai 日常生活的疯狂:特朗普、利特勒和恩盖

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221135053

Francis Russell, Rebecca Persic

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Periods of austerity: The emergence of ‘period poverty’ in UK news media 财政紧缩时期:英国新闻媒体中出现的“时期贫困”现象

IF 2.4 2区社会学

European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221133131

Sara De Benedictis

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Constructions of self and the pursuit of ‘authenticity’ in women’s magazines: A study of British and Greek discourses 女性杂志中的自我建构与对“真实性”的追求——英国和希腊语篇研究

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European Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-15 DOI: 10.1177/13675494221136617

Rafaela Orphanides, Line Nyhagen, Emily Keightley

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