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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"social distinction"”.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION (ELE) AS A MARK OF SOCIAL DISTINCTION IN TAIWAN: BUXIBANS, ELE TEACHERS DISCOURSE, AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
… purpose of this study is to apply the lens of social reproduction theory to explore how English language educators view English language education (ELE) and to understand how the English language is used to create social distinctions between Taiwanese English language educators and others in …
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Citizenship and social status in the western Mediterranean from the later Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages : the case of Spain
… thesis concerns the evolution of citizenship and social distinction between the later Antiquity and early Middle Ages in the Iberian peninsula: broadly from the fifth to the early twelfth centuries. Its focus is broad, and it seeks to highlight how social and legal distinctions which characterised …
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The logic of practice - understanding the Chinese newly rich consumers' status consumption in luxury fashion clothes.
… their conspicuous consumption in terms of the social norms associated with Chinese family kinship and peer group pressure. This study attempts to look beyond both these assumptions, and for the first time seek a detailed and holistic understanding of Chinese newly rich consumers status …
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Hang 'em High: Humor, Politics, and Gender in Esther
… across both gendered and ethnic lines of social distinction. They find that the humor in Esther politically supports both the subordinated gender, women, and the subordinated ethnic group, Yehudeans. Such an understanding misrepresents the political perspective of Esther, and needs …
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Le rôle du hammam féminin dans la construction et la consolidation des identités sexuées en Algérie et au Maroc
… of gendered identity appears. More than a distinction between sexes, it is a social distinction between a man's identity and a woman's identity that is relevant here. It is essential to be able to distinguish to which 'group' each person belongs. Thus, the notions of individual identity, …
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Relocation narratives 'Made in Italy': self and place in late-twentieth century travel writing
… of ‘becoming Italian’ merely an exercise in social distinction that appropriates Italian ‘authenticity’ and packages it for global tastes? Or does dwelling in cultural difference over time lead to the development of an intercultural competence that is one aspect of an engaged form of …
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Constructing a Spatial Imaginary: The Formation and Re-presentation of Monte Carlo as a Vacation-Leisure Paradise, 1854-1950
… functioned as a forum of class anxieties and social distinction as middle-class vacationers began to encroach on the once-exclusive leisure practices of the social elite. An emphasis on spectacle and Monte Carlo’s spatial imaginary allowed casino promoters to navigate the tenuous balance …
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The Appropriation of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī’s Ihyā’ ʿUlūm al-Dīn by the Sāda Bā ʿAlawī of Ḥaḍramawt
… his position as Naqīb (Headman), the increased social distinction of the Sāda Bā ‘Alawī, new political developments in Hadramawt, and the burgeoning of the Bā ʿAlawī diaspora. Analyzing the hermeneutics of Shaykh ʿAbd Allah indicates that he saw the Iḥyā’ as both the best summary of the Bā …
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Race and Consumption: Consumer Markets and the Production of Racial Inequality
<p>Racial economic inequality is a major social concern in the United States. Sociological research on the issue has focused primarily on understanding disparities in the process of earning income and accumulating wealth. Much less clear, however, is what happens when individuals try to spend the …
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Play and Prestige: A Cultural History of Early Medieval China
… engaging in playful activities (xi 戲) and a social construction that came to be through the circulation of media of reputation in elite social networks. I begin with discussing the gradual intellectual shift in the Eastern Han and the rise of social eremitism in the latter half of the second …
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Negotiating Gossip in the Spanish Realist Novel
… text. Their reproduction and troubling of social norms echo the multiple dual-faceted dynamics of gossip: knowledge/power, schism/bonding, differentiation/homogenisation, totalisation/fragmentation, speculation/substantiation, among others. Chapter 1 on Emilia Pardo Bazán’s Los Pazos de …
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Toward an Extraordinary Everyday: Li Yu's (1611-1680) Vision, Writing, and Practice
… of taste, which documented the fine points of distinction around which people negotiated their status vis-à-vis conspicuous consumption of luxury commodities. In the late Ming, these markers of social distinction were hotly debated as merchants challenged literati claims to rights over cultural …