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Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Growth rates and microcystin production of Microcystis strains in response to allochthonous and autochthonous nutrient sources. [PDF]

Environ Anal Health Toxicol
Kim YJ, Oh KH, Cho YC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

Narcissistic consumption in athletes: parallel mediation of brand evangelism between narcissistic personality and hedonic consumption attitude. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Aydin G, Basoglu OE, Karababa B, Unver O, Yavuz G, Aydin G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of doll blind box uncertainty on consumers' irrational consumption behavior: the role of instant gratification, Gambler's fallacy, and perceived scarcity. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Xia F, Xu Y, Zhang H, Yuan X.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Yield Response and Calibration of Critical Potassium Levels in Soil, Leaves, and Fruit Pulp of "Royal Gala" and "Fuji Suprema" Apples. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Hahn L, Basso C, Moura-Bueno JM, Argenta LC, Nava G, Toselli M, Carranca C, Rozane DE, Brunetto G.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Sinister Indian‐like Half‐circle’: Tennis, Orientalism and the White Racial Frame in the Twentieth‐Century British Sporting Press

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
wiley   +1 more source

Purchase intention for second-hand luxury goods: An empirical study of Chinese consumers. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yan G, Li Y, Zhang T, Mu C.
europepmc   +1 more source