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Mortality and immortality : the Nobel Prize as an experiment into the effect of status upon longevity [PDF]
, 2008 It has been known for centuries that the rich and famous have longer lives than the poor and ordinary. Causality, however, remains trenchantly debated. The ideal experiment would be one in which extra status could somehow be dropped upon a sub-sample of
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Effects of Porn: A Critical Analysis [PDF]
, 2019 The impacts of pornography are varied and complex. Performers are often thought to be victims of abuse and exploitation, while viewers are regularly accused of becoming desensitised to sexual violence. Further, porn is held by some to perpetuate damaging
Collins, Rory
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Theorizing Audience and Spectatorial Agency [PDF]
, 2014 This chapter analyses Georgian audiences and spectatorial agency through several lenses: psychoanalytic film theory, theories of the public sphere and of mass publicity, and media studies of cultural convergence.
Bolton, Betsy
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Long‐lasting health effects of Soviet education
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later‐life health, though effects can differ by sociopolitical regime. This paper examines the effect of communist education, which exposed children to a distinct curriculum and ideological content, on later‐life health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Anna Nicińska
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«Women-actors». Prime notizie sulle attrici inglesi della Restaurazione
Drammaturgia, 2020 The essay traces the complex but rapid process of reopening the theaters and reorganizing the dramatic London companies after a nearly twenty years’ interruption of spectacular activities.
Maria Chiara Barbieri
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Exploring the leaky pipeline: Tokenism, status group effects, or self‐selection?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In most European universities today, more than 50% of bachelor's degrees are awarded to women, but the corresponding share of full professorships is only about 25%. This phenomenon is called the leaky pipeline. Most explanations refer to gender biases and stereotypes, motherhood, discrimination, and tokenism.
Margit Osterloh, Katja Rost
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The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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Drammaturgia, 2016 ‘Amorosa’, then leading actress, the most appreciated and sought after actress of the 1830s. She had an intense and longstanding relationship with the poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.
Daniela Sarà
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A Study of Actresses' Hijab, Covering and Make- Up Actresses' Representation on Iranian Movie Posters and Compliance with Tri State Cultural Policy (Reconstruction, Reform and Conservative); Applying [PDF]
Religion & Communication, 2016 This article discusses actresses' representation on movie posters in the years 1368- 1392. To do this, 88 posters belonging to a 24 year period were quantitatively analyzed and 9 variables were considered, namely the proportion of poster size to women's ...
Mahdi Montazerqaem +1 more
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sociolinguists emphasize the context‐dependence of social meanings activated by linguistic variation. I examine this dynamic using the Goffmanian concept of frames, focusing on the intersection of gender and sexuality. More specifically, I explore pitch variation as an index of femininity in the domestic abuse victimization frame.
Matthew Hunt
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