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Reporting the Irish Famine in America: Images of Suffering Ireland in the American Press, 1845-1848 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter is a study of American newspaper reporting on the Great Irish Famine. The study examines six master narratives that constrained the image of Ireland and the Irish people presented to American readers.
Farrell, James M.
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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 227-239, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artemis: Depictions of Form and Femininity in Sculpture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Grecian sculpture has been the subject of investigation for centuries. More recently, however, emphasis in the field of Art History on the politics of gender and sexuality portrayal have opened new avenues for investigation of those old statues.
Waters, Laura G.
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 509-526, May 2026.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

Decouplement: Commodity Geography of the Corpse

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the commodification of the human corpse from the point of view of its disposal. Whilst offering some analysis on the circulation and harvesting of repurposed human tissues, existing literature does not discuss how these are discarded.
Mark Shtanov
wiley   +1 more source

The extreme right in France, 1789 to the present [PDF]

open access: yes
An overview of a fascinating and contentious political and intellectual ...
Davies, Peter J.
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Renaming in Adoption: Exploring Name Ambivalence in Adoptive Parents' Name Stories

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 1102-1113, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Names are central to identity, yet their role in adoption, where identity and family dynamics are complex, remains under‐researched. This article draws on findings from a qualitative study of names and adoption in England and Wales to examine adoptive parents' decisions about the first names of their children.
Jan Flaherty   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Glocal Celebrities and Diaspora Organizations in Environmental Change in Tenerife and Morocco

open access: yesInternational Migration, Volume 64, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Recently, growing attention has been paid to the importance of intangible remittances for climate adaptation, including the exchange of knowledge, cultural practices, and normative frameworks within transnational networks. Most studies assume these concerns mainly involve knowledge exchange, but less is known about how such exchanges are ...
Lore Van Praag, Loubna Ou‐Salah
wiley   +1 more source

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