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Social-constructivist and figurational biographical research 社会建构主义和比喻式传记研究

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-15 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132511

Artur Bogner, G. Rosenthal

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Together or apart? Doing biographical research and oral history in an interdisciplinary context 一起还是分开？跨学科背景下的传记研究和口述历史

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-14 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132752

Jakub Gałęźiowski, Kaja Kaźmierska

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On the emergence and changing positions of old-established groupings in migration contexts: A process perspective on group formation in Jordan 关于移民背景下老牌群体的出现和地位的变化:约旦群体形成的过程视角

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132514

Johannes Becker, Hendrik Hinrichsen, A. Worm

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Exploring biographies in a rapidly changing labor world 在快速变化的劳动世界中探索传记

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132520

Giorgos Tsiolis, Irini Siouti

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Social media as a means of visual biographical performance and biographical work 社交媒体作为视觉传记表演和传记作品的手段

IF 2 3区社会学

Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132518

R. Breckner, Elisabeth Mayer

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Invisible privilege in Asia: Introduction to special section 亚洲的无形特权:专题导论

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132311

Laavanya Kathiravelu, Saroja Dorairajoo

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Millennial femininity and the harmonious state of mind 千禧女性气质与和谐心态

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132315

Amalia Sa'ar, Dalit Simchai

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Locating invisible privilege in Asia: Conceptual travel and contextual significance 亚洲隐形特权的定位：概念旅行与语境意义

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221132317

Laavanya Kathiravelu, Saroja Dorairajoo

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‘Put me on to a male agent’: Emotional labor and performing gender in call centers “让我去找一个男性经纪人”：情感劳动和呼叫中心的性别表现

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Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-15 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221129318

A. Akdemir

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‘I do not trust any of them anymore’: Institutional distrust and corrective practices in pro-asylum activism in Finland “我不再相信他们中的任何一个”:芬兰支持庇护活动中的制度性不信任和纠正措施

IF 2 3区社会学

Current Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/00113921221129313

Päivi Pirkkalainen, Lena Näre, E. Lyytinen

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