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The Commodification of Chinese in Thailand’s Linguistic Market: A Case Study of How Language Education Promotes Social Sustainability

, 2020
In recent decades, the commodification of the English language has aroused intensive research interest in the sociolinguistics on a global scale, but studies on the commodification of the Chinese language are relatively rare. Most studies take a critical
Shujian Guo, Hyunjung Shin, Q. Shen
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Claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’: migrant care workers in ageing Shanghai Revendiquer la parenté par le « cœur filial » : travailleurs migrants du care dans Shanghai vieillissante

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography presents the emic perspective of care workers, who actively develop symbolic trajectories for claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’ in caregiving.
Xinyuan Wang
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Producing Value Out of the Invaluable: A Critical/Cultural Perspective on the Live Streaming Industry in China

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2018
This paper extends the critique of informational capitalism to increasingly commercialised cyberspace in China by examining the case of live streaming.
Sheng Zou
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Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg

Urbani Izziv, 2019
The process of studentification has emerged as a new form of neighbourhood change in the global North over the past 16 years and often situated within broader debates on gentrification.
J. Gregory, J. Rogerson
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BaYaka forager and Bantu fisher‐farmer adolescent engagement with intensifying market integration in the Republic of the Congo Participation des adolescents BaYaka chasseurs‐cueilleurs et Bantous pêcheurs‐agriculteurs à l'intégration croissante au marché en République du Congo

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
A substantial body of anthropological research has investigated how subsistence communities engage with market‐based economies. In this study, we contribute to this body of work by examining adolescent orientations towards intensifying market integration in the Congo Basin.
Sheina Lew‐Levy, Vidrige Kandza, Haneul Jang, Francy Kiabiya Ntamboudila, Derlan Bihoundou Mouketou, Chelvin Destin Siassia Vindou, Evrahd Ngalekandza, Brel Koubemba, Aise Pie X Lendzingoud, Roglane Goulou, Amandine Visine, Adam Howell Boyette, Lee T. Gettler   +12 more
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Could the Motherhood Identity be Constructed Through Commodification on Social Media?

Society
This article presents insights into the commodification that constructs identity. The researcher focuses on mothers who have become micro-celebrities on social media. While maternal identity was previously confined to private or domestic spaces, mothers
Maria Febiana Christanti
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Fictitious Commodities: A Theory of Intellectual Property Inspired by Karl Polanyi’s “Great Transformation” [PDF]

, 2019
The puzzle this Article addresses is this: how can it be explained that intellectual property (IP) laws and IP rights (IPRs) have continuously grown in number and expanded in scope, territorial reach, and duration, while at the same time have been ...
Peukert, Alexander
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Sexed up: theorizing the sexualization of culture [PDF]

, 2006
This paper reviews and examines emerging academic approaches to the study of ‘sexualized culture’; an examination made necessary by contemporary preoccupations with sexual values, practices and identities, the emergence of new forms of sexual experience ...
Bauman, Zygmunt, Beck, Ulrich and Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth, Bell, David, Bristow, Joseph, Evans, David, Feona Attwood, Giddens, Anthony, Gill, Rosalind, Gillis, Stacy, Given-Wilson, R., Jancovich, Mark, Juffer, Jane, Kendrick, Walter, Lumby, Catharine, Maddison, Stephen, McNair, Brian, Merck, Mandy, Plummer, Kenneth, Radner, Hilary, Simon, William, Stoller, Debbie, Whelehan, Imelda, Williamson, Judith   +22 more
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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Global Production of a Feminine Ideal: Behind the Scenes of Beauty Pageants

Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2020
This paper explores the various ideals of beauty which globalization has created for women at the international, national and local level. It also highlights the various facets of beauty pageants which feed into these ideal types and notions ...
Simpi Srivastava
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