“Competing personas”: aesthetic labor in the Chinese fitness industry by Renxue Wan

“…This article distinguishes three types of personas: advisor, friend, and idol, and these types are characterized by different corporeal and affective strategies. …”
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Determinants of consumer purchasing behavior toward Korean cosmetic products: Evidence from Indonesia by Widayat Widayat, Noor Azis, Herlinda Maya Kumala Sari, Warsono Warsono, Ilyas Masudin

“…Moreover, the findings imply that a positive attitude can build consumer behavior (make consumers proud and idolize a particular product). Furthermore, the positive image of the place of origin and the quality of the product can influence consumer attitude. …”
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A study on factors that influence the generation gaps among workers in Human Resources Department, Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad / Malek Mohamed Yatim and Haida Hanizah Ismail by Mohamed Yatim, Malek, Ismail, Haida Hanizah

“…The Baby Boomers tend to follow idols and think in group terms. Generation X is more individualistic and known as competitive generation. …”
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STACKED by Luuk Graamans

“…For decades urban agriculture has been discussed in popular media and academia as a potential solution to improve food security, quality and sustainability. The new idol in this discussion is the plant factory: A fully closed system for crop production. …”
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Scriptural Re-Interpretation and Social Identity Negotiation in the Corinthian Letters by Darlene M. Seal

“…This approach shows that in 1 Cor 10:1–22, Paul addresses the idol food issue by establishing shared experiences with the wilderness generation to interpret the Corinthians’ situation as parallel with the deviant idolatrous behavior of their forebears. …”
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KOLYADA BAIRAM IN RUSSIAN FOLK CULTURE / RUS HALK KÜLTÜRÜNDE KOLYADA BAYRAMI by Leyla Çiğdem Dalkılıç*

“…The old beliefs which have been blended with the cults of mythological gods and the idols of Christian saints have continued their existence among Slavic people living in rural areas and forming the majority of their part. …”
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Kønsligt hierarki eller religiøs androgyni by Birgitte Graakjær Hjort

“…What Paul was arguing against, was a syncretism whose hallmark was an emancipatory equalization of gender polarity and, maybe, ritual intoxication and whose religious precedent was to be found in the worshipping of idols. With this interpretation as the main criterion for testing different hypotheses put forward to explain the historical situation causing Paul to write the text, I have found that a possible reconstruction consists of an influence on the Corinthians from pre-gnostic thoughts in a broad sense, combined with a more specific influence from the cult of Dionysus.…”
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Image of Peter I in Newspaper Materials of “Tobolsk Gubernskiye Vedomosti” (1857—1909) by E. V. Kostetskaya, L. N. Suslova

“…It is proved that the newspaper supported the myth of Peter I as an idol, an enlightened autocrat, under whose reign Russia achieved prosperity and power. …”
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An investigation of the attitudes of young Bambara, Songhay and Fulbe people towards their traditional personal names by Ibrahim MAIGA & Mohamed MINKAILOU

“…However, first names with negative connotations and the names of idols are still subject to rejection. Keywords: tradition, personal names, identity, attitudes, anthroponomy…”
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The Status of Kaviani Flag in Shahnameh of Ferdowsi by mohamad rezaei

“…In this research, different evidence from the world’s mythological stories are studied, and it is concluded that Kaviani flag has nothing to do with Kaveh the Blacksmith and was more than just a simple flag. As Iranian’s idol, it is linked to the past when the primitive men would leave their life as a pledge with an object. …”
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The ancient faults of the other: religion and images at the heart of an unfinished dispute by Maria Bettetini

“…There are thus two problems here: whether the divine (God and what pertains to Him) can be rightly said to be represented by an object and whether, in any case, such an object runs the risk of becoming an idol, a little God, an imitation of God. The paper concentrates on the history of the status of images, depending on religions, and the recurrent idea of taking necessarily away the “others”. …”
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The phenomenon of “celebrity ustadz” in Indonesia on the ethics of dakwahtainment by Bahri, Media Zainul

“…Now, here is the interaction between ustadz (like an idol-artist) with his fans or followers. This trend also represents an ideal blend between religion (Islam), television industry, and capitalism. …”
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Formation of the spiritual and moral qualities of the personality of students in the conditions of modern education by V. A. Malinin, F. V. Povshednaya, A. V. Pugachev

“…The changes that have occurred in recent years in Russian society have had a negative impact on the formation of spiritual and moral orientations and values of young students, and in general on the development of the personality of a modern growing person. Increasingly, the idols of young people are bloggers who demonstrate and popularize deviant behavior, lack of spirituality, immorality, lack of citizenship. …”
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Timrava´s Initiation Text and the New Journey of the Epic by Marcela Mikulová

“…Timrava used the large-scale novella to make Martina go through a great disappointment over Bukovičová as well as her national idols – this ordeal is also a journey of self-discovery, though. …”
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Criticizing and Studying of Orientalists’ View on being “Ommi” or Illiteracy of Prophet Mohammad by Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Asghar Tahmasbi Boldaji

“…Some Orientalists gave the word Ommi a different meaning and believed that the meaning of the word does not refer to illiteracy of the Prophet but refers to the Prophet of idol worshippers or non-Jewish people. The current inquiry made an attempt not only to criticize and examine Orientalists’ views on the issue but offer the precise meaning of being Ommi or illiteracy of Prophet Mohammad by using the Quranic narrative and historical accounts. …”
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The Grotesque Masks of Elias Canetti: Monads with no Doors or Windows by Jelena Ulrike Reinhardt

“…This approach gives evidence of Canetti’s debt, not only towards acoustic elements related to his stay in  Vienna and to the influence of his great idol Karl Kraus, but also to the visual arts and, especially, to Brueghel and Goya. …”
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“Thou Art Skylarking with Me”: Travesty, Prophecy, and Ethical Mutuality in <i>Moby-Dick</i> by Larry D. Bouchard

“…If God’s will is that we treat our neighbors as ourselves, and if the narrator, Ishmael, desires his neighbor Queequeg join him in Presbyterian worship, then he must join his new friend’s devotion to his god, Yojo: “ergo, I must turn idolator.” This is after Ishmael has heard Father Mapple’s sermon on Jonah, and after Queequeg has become his bedmate at the Spouter-Inn in New Bedford. …”
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La ficción es un í­dolo mundano: Héctor Libertella y los relatos breves de A la santidad del jugador de los juegos de azar by Diego Hernán Rosain

“…Palabras clave: Héctor Libertella – Historia corta – Hibridación genérica – Autobiografí­a - Poética Fiction is a mundane idol: Hector Libertella and the short stories of A la santidad del jugador de los juegos de azar …”
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SOCIAL MEDIA – “THE CLASSROOM” OF THE DIGITAL AGE by Tatjana Vulić

“…Although more than a half of the respondents do not adopt role models and idols through social media, 45% of them still said that they have this tendency. …”
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Violence and Non-Violence at Rock Concerts: 1970s French Society Confronted With Its Contradictions by Joann Élart

“…A completely different atmosphere reigned at Johnny Hallyday’s shows, which attracted a fringe group of aggressive, rebellious roughnecks and led to the implementation of considerable security measures to protect the idol. The vocabulary of violence and non-violence was systematically employed in newspaper columns to describe the wild energy emanating from performers and audience members during live performances. …”
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