On the Personhood of Sacred Objects: Agency, Materiality and Popular Devotion in the Roman Catholic Philippines by Julius Bautista

“…The focus of the initial section is on the historical context in which the Santo Niño became established as the preeminent religious and cultural icon of the Philippines, going as far back as the sixteenth century. …”
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FESTIVAL HERITAGE OMED-OMEDAN SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA DI SESETAN, DENPASAR by I Wayan Didik Roy Mahardika

“…The article concludes that Sesetan Heritage Omed-omedan Festival has a great potential to develop as a cultural icon for Denpasar tourism. However, to make it a more an attractive event for visitors management improvement is required.…”
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Don Quixote in Film (2005-2015) by Ardila J. A. Garrido

“…Furthermore, the variety and the quantity of Quixote films confirm them as a well-established film genre and are a testament to Don Quixote’s status as an international cultural icon known and loved worldwide.…”
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<i>Ecce Homo</i>—Behold the Human! Reading Life-Narratives in Times of Colonial Modernity by Nandini Bhattacharya

“…Bankimchandra’s <i>Krishnacarita</i> is embedded within a dense matrix of nineteenth century Indian secular life writing projects and its projection of Krishna as a cultural icon within an incipient nationalist imagining. …”
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Country image of gastronomy and branding Hawker Culture: local consumers' perception by Kim, Bona, Lee, Derrick C.H., Chua, Bee-Lia, Han, Heesup

“…This research provides discernments to rejuvenate and promote Singapore as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, which will pave the way for the continuous support of Hawker Culture from residents as a notable cultural icon.…”

Some Recent Biblical Re-writings in English and the Contemporary “Canonical” Images of the Bible by Ewa Rychter

“… This paper focuses on three contemporary Anglophone rewritings of the Bible (i.e., on Philip Pullman’s The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (2010), Jeanette Winterson’s Boating for Beginners (1985), and on Jim Crace’s Quarantine (1997)) and contends that the rewrites can be read against the background of the late twentieth-century emergence of dominant understandings of the Bible: of the Bible as a cultural icon and of the Bible as an epitome of liberal/human values. …”
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Consumer preferences and purchasing rationales for wine: a multivariate data analysis by Carla Ferreira, João Rebelo, Lina Lourenço-Gomes, Elisete Correia, Philippe Baumert, Christine Plumejeaud

“…In this country, Port wine is an economic and cultural icon, but, in the last decade, total sales have been decreasing. …”
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The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer

“…The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of different fields within biology. …”
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Tit-Bits, New Journalism, and early Sherlock Holmes fandom by Ann K. McClellan

“…The Strand's more popular sister magazine, Tit-Bits, played a significant role in establishing Sherlock Holmes as a literary and cultural icon, particularly through its use of participatory practices, cross-promotion, and transmedia storytelling. …”
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An “Authorized Fiction”: Towards a Biography of Anonymous 756 by Stefany Wragg

“…Beowulf serves as a cultural illustration of some of the key ideas of aristocratic matches; another cultural icon, Charlemagne, has been associated with Eardwulf, but a further investigation of this connection rejects identifying Anonymous 756 as the emperor’s daughter. …”
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Virtue as Adventure and Excess: Intertextuality, Masculinity, and Desire in the Twilight Series by Claudia Lindén

“…The vampire is at the same time a popular cultural icon and a figure that, especially women writers, use to problematize gender, sexuality and power. …”
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Branding simbólico e hibridación: una aproximación en la intersección cultural fronteriza México-Estados Unidos de América: el caso de Ciudad Juárez-El Paso by Patricia Ramos Rubio, Isabel Zizaldra-Hernández

“…Using hybridization as a tool, it's possible to establish a common starting point conceiving branding within the dichotomy, as the attribute of a product that leaves a lasting impression on the minds of consumers and which turns the brand into a cultural icon directly impacting the thoughts and attitudes of people. …”
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Robert Burns and the Re-making of National Memory in Contemporary Scotland by Josephine Dougal

“…Achieving cult status in the nineteenth century, the power of Burns as a popular cultural icon remains undiminished. Where the appropriation of Burns as national icon in the nineteenth century was made manifest in statuary, commemorative objects, and painted portraits, the twenty-first century has been marked by the proliferation of the image of Burns in new forms and technologies, with Burns as product and brand logo, museum and heritage attraction, and tourism industry selling point. …”
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Virtue as Adventure and Excess: Intertextuality, Masculinity, and Desire in the Twilight Series by Claudia Lindén

“…The vampire is at the same time a popular cultural icon and a figure that, especially women writers, use to problematize gender, sexuality and power. …”
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Robert Burns and the Re-making of National Memory in Contemporary Scotland by admin admin

“…Achieving cult status in the nineteenth century, the power of Burns as a popular cultural icon remains undiminished. Where the appropriation of Burns as national icon in the nineteenth century was made manifest in statuary, commemorative objects, and painted portraits, the twenty-first century has been marked by the proliferation of the image of Burns in new forms and&nbsp; technologies, with Burns as product and brand logo, museum and heritage attraction, and tourism industry selling point. …”
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Beyond Carvings and Rituals: Unveiling the Ikenga's Role in Modern Igbo Society by Chinyere Ndubuisi

“…Main Findings: The research reveals that Ikenga continues to serve as a significant cultural icon, supporting entrepreneurship and symbolizing communal achievements and personal aspirations in contemporary times. …”
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Serial Austen. Mashingups with Zombies by Eleonora Federici

“…She sells in all possible ways, her novels have been adapted for the cinema and the stage, they have been rewritten as comics and graphic novels. Jane austen is a cultural icon. The interest in her life is so strong that many biographies have been written in order to recover new facts and details. …”
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The Icon of the Zombie Mob by Jørgen Riber Christensen

“…Finally, the article connects the double nature of a cultural icon as both popular and a hegemonic tool to the historically dualistic conception of mobs. …”
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Modernity and Tradition in Shakespeare’s Asianization by Lingui Yang

“…The complexity lies not only in such a cross-cultural phenomenon as the Asianizing practice, but in the Shakespearization of Asia—the idealization of him as a modern cultural icon in a universalizing celebration of his authority in many sectors of modern Asian cultures. …”
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The Ah Beng subculture: a popular view by Chan, Suet Kay

“…However, there has not been any academic studies on the subject in Malaysia, whereas popular media tout it as a cultural icon. There are some issues related to the use of this term – for example, do people readily identify themselves as ‘Ah Beng/Ah Lian’ or is it a pejorative term? …”
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