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Convertibility of Cultural Capital: A Longitudinal Study of University Students From 2017 to 2024

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A defining feature of cultural capital is its propensity for accumulation and the potential of its convertibility. However, there are a lack of studies that would explore how different forms of cultural capital could be employed as an advantage.
Ondřej Špaček
wiley   +1 more source

CyberLondon: A Virtual City for the Posthuman? Literary Reflections on the Changing Patterns of our Relationship with the Metropolis in the Information Era.

Texto Digital, 2010
This paper explores the changing patterns of our relationship with the metropolis from the perspective of London-based writers that have shown an interest for cyberculture (Matt Whyman, Stella Duffy, Pat Cadigan, China Miéville).
Maria Goicoechea de Joerge
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Subjective Social Inequalities, Lay Perceptions of Merit and Puzzles of Explanation

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rising socioeconomic inequalities most people see individualised merit as crucial for social success. Drawing on surveys such as the ISSP a wealth of research examines trends in subjective perceptions, the relative importance accorded to merit and non‐merit factors for getting ahead in life and factors which influence lay perceptions ...
Sarah Irwin
wiley   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

‘Emptiness filled with love’: A reflexive thematic analysis of chemsex trajectories among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Almaty, Kazakhstan, using a life course framework

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims The intentional use of psychoactive substances to enhance sexual experiences, known as chemsex, is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, psychological distress and social isolation among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Nikolay Lunchenkov, Nadezhda Cherchenko, Elena German, Susanna Rinne‐Wolf   +3 more
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
wiley   +1 more source

Arthurian kinship: examining the kinship legacies of Morgan le Fay and Nimue, the Lady of the Lake in Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series

Whatever
Using Seanan McGuire’s October “Toby” Daye urban fantasy series as a case study, this essay examines the kinship legacies crafted by the supernatural women of the medieval Arthurian romance tradition as they are perpetuated and reclaimed by female ...
Eyan Birt
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Nurturing Futures: Foster Carer Perspectives on Looking After Unaccompanied Asylum‐Seeking Children With Histories of Trafficking

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the findings of a small‐scale qualitative study exploring the experiences of Foster Carers looking after unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC) who are identified or suspected victims of child trafficking (‘UASTC’—unaccompanied asylum‐seeking and trafficked children).
Rosie Galbraith
wiley   +1 more source

Italo Calvino e le città invisibili tra letteratura e sociologia urbana

Fuori Luogo
In his novel Invisible Cities (1972), Italo Calvino,  the well-known Italian writer (1923-1985), creates a fascinating and complex urban world that, beyond its narrative and fable-like character, offers a view of remarkable interest to urban ...
Marxiano Melotti
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‘Back to the Real London’; or Mapping the City of the Past in Gaiman’s Neverwhere

Fafnir, 2017
Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed novel Neverwhere belongs to the rapidly growing sub-genre of urban fantasy. Set in 20th century London, the novel evokes fantastical and supernatural elements to paint the history of the city and encompasses its historic memory ...
Chen F. Michaeli
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