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Research on the Effect of Anti-Piracy Policy on Online Novel Platforms [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
Data from five major categories of Qidian Chinese websites from October 2021 to December 2022. (Fantasy, Urban, Qihuan, Martial Arts Hero, Xianxia) Panel data of the top 50 novels in the monthly vote list, using the staged Difference-in-Differences (DID).
Yang Shenglin
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Städtische Lebenswelten in Bewegung: In Afrika und darüber hinaus [PDF]

, 2010
Although throughout the history of anthropology the ethnography of urban societies was never an important topic, investigations on cities in Africa contributed to the early theoretical development of urban studies in social sciences.
Hahn, Hans Peter
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Heavy Hero or Digital Dummy? Multimodal Player–Avatar Relations in Final Fantasy 7 [PDF]

, 2004
This article analyses the player-avatar relation in Final Fantasy 7, drawing on multimodality theory to analyse textual structures both in the game and in the discourse of player-interviews and fan writing.
Burn, Andrew, Schott, Gareth
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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The British film industry: creativity and constraint [PDF]

, 2011
An article on the potential impact of the changes to film policy, culture and infrastructure in light of significant changes in 2010 ...
Barrow, Sarah E.
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Power, Politics, and Domestic Desire in Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood [PDF]

, 2013
Octavia Butler’s works, from her short stories and novellas to her science fiction novels, focus on themes of power, control, bondage, and a desired freedom from servitude.
Nanda, Aparajita
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Intertextuality in A. Salnikov’s novel “Occulttreger”

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
The features of the use of intertextual references in A. Salnikov’s novel “Occulttreger” are examined. The goal is to study the intertextual connections of the novel with works of various types of art (literature, music, cinema).
Daria L. Kulikova
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
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The fantastical space in the novel The Starless Sea by E. Morgenstern and the specific features of its functioning [PDF]

Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Филология, Журналистика
The works by E. Morgenstern belong to the contemporary intellectual fantastic literature that re-defines the traditions of its genre. The Starless Sea (2019) includes elements of both urban and portal fantasy with the prevalence of the second one.
Ivanova, Elizaveta Andreevna
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