President Jokowi's 'ordinary' style : simplicity and the 'wealth of poverty'? by Farish, A Noor

“…But this simple self-presentation has a long history in Southeast Asia, where assuming an ordinary character is also a form of cultural capital that carries huge symbolic power.…”
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‘It was no way to live, really’: uncovering the embodied harms of image-based sexual abuse on female victim-survivors in Singapore by Lim, Jia Ying

“…A qualitative thematic analysis on the experiences of 24 victim-survivors is conducted to illuminate five overarching types of harms of IBSA: (1) shame and self-condemnation; (2) loss of control over self-presentation; (3) siege mentality; (4) permanent scarring; and (5) ontological destruction. …”
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Female “Firsts” : performing in the marriage market and on the political stage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Hillary Clinton’s what happened by Wan Nur Riny

“…Interestingly, Austen’s discussion on woman’s self-presentation in the public sphere of eighteenth-century England resonates into the twenty-first century US, as the latter is the historical and cultural product of that era. …”
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Myth ascendant: issues of culture, media, and identity in the celebrity career of Glenn Gould by Campbell, A

“…How did Gould mobilise understandings of his genius and Canadian identity through his artistic discourse and experimental media self-representations as a 'Northerner' and a technologist? …”

Putting their best foot forward : emotional disclosure on Facebook by Qiu, Lin, Lin, Han, Tov, William, Leung, Angela K.-y.

“…Facebook has become a widely used online self-representation and communication platform. In this research, we focus on emotional disclosure on Facebook. …”
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Metaphors for the writing process by Van Hulle, D

“…By juxtaposing several of them, the aim is to investigate to what extent certain metaphors are forms of writers’ self-representation that may not always correspond with the reality of what is left in the drafts. …”

Battleground for belonging: the migration and identity formation of Qeshmis in the United Arab Emirates by Al Qassim, MH

“…It investigates how nation-building projects influenced the settlement and self-representation of Qeshmi migrants, highlighting their multilayered sense of belonging that bridges their homeland and adopted country. …”

A scandal in the British Empire: child guardianship, theosophy, sexuality and fatherhood in Besant v. Narayaniah by Tan, Fidellithy

“…The initial chapter delves into Annie Besant, examining how her self-representation as a maternal figure shaped her positioning as the boys' guardian in court. …”
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