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The fuzzy mechanism of processing stereotyped gay characters in media 媒体中刻板同性恋角色加工的模糊机制

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102090

Gina Junhan Fu , María T. Soto-Sanfiel , Juan-José Sánchez-Soriano

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Bridging nodes: How race/ethnicity affects the breadth of cultural tastes 衔接节点：种族/民族如何影响文化品味的广度

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102091

Thomas Calkins , Julian Schaap , Michaël Berghman

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Affordances, personal culture, and place-based variation in creativity 能力、个人文化和基于地点的创造力差异

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102089

Gordon Brett

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A graded conceptualization of taste 品味的分级概念化

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102092

Shyon Baumann , Taylor Price

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Mapping symbolic ties in U.S. sociology: Evidence from doctoral dissertation vocabularies 绘制美国社会学中的符号关系：来自博士论文词汇的证据

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102077

Alex Xiaoqin Yan , Honglin Bao , Tom R. Leppard , Andrew P. Davis

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The conservative revolution revisited: The blending of art and commerce in four Western publishing fields 保守主义革命再现：艺术与商业在四个西方出版领域的融合

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102076

Matthias Kuppler , Henrik Fürst

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Watching scripted fiction: Repertoires of co-viewing, time, and attention to scripted series and movies in Australia 观看有剧本的小说：澳大利亚人对有剧本的电视剧和电影的共同观看、时间和注意力

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2025.102064

Annaliese Grant , Amanda D. Lotz

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For the greater good? The disputed prestige of private art museum founders in Brazil 为了更大的利益？巴西私人艺术博物馆创始人有争议的声望

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102078

Andrea Rozenbaum, Olav Velthuis

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Reader-character identity interdependence: An empirical investigation of congruence in identity and reading 读者-角色身份相互依赖：身份与阅读一致性的实证研究

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Poetics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2026.102075

Millicent Weber , Rachel Noorda

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Grant-flipping across Europe: How Portuguese artists navigate precarity to sustain aspirations beyond recognition 欧洲各地的补助金翻转：葡萄牙艺术家如何在不稳定中生存，以维持人们无法辨认的抱负

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Poetics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2025.102059

Vera Borges

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