Contesting Love Through Commodification: Soccer Fans, Affect, and Social Class in Turkey
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46870-5_4
Abstract: In the chapter, Football Fans‚ Affect, and Social Class in Turkey‚ Yag˘mur Nuhrat discusses football in Turkey‚ adding a social structural perspective to the common expression “love of football.” While Friedman studies the experiences and… read more here.
Keywords: turkey; class; social class; fans affect ... See more keywords
State-led commodification of rural China and the sustainable provision of public goods in question: A case study of Tangjiajia, Nanjing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.03.004
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the commodification process initiated through a series of state-led programs and questions the sustainable public goods provision in rural China. We challenge the unilateral understanding of spontaneous commodification by the profit-seeking… read more here.
Keywords: state; commodification; provision; public goods ... See more keywords
Language, commodification and labour: the relevance of Marx
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DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2018.02.002
Abstract: Abstract Language commodification, a term now current in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, describes how language has become reconfigured for market purposes and treated as an economic resource. One aspect of this is the commodification of… read more here.
Keywords: relevance marx; commodification labour; commodification; language commodification ... See more keywords
“We’re street dancers!”: Culture and commodification in New York’s salsa scene
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DOI: 10.1057/s41276-021-00321-8
Abstract: This article explores the world of the “on2” salsa dance scene in New York today. Building on long-term participant observation and interviews, I argue that Latinx salsa dancers contest and reconfigure the racialized commodification of… read more here.
Keywords: salsa; salsa scene; new york; commodification ... See more keywords
“Turn your brand into a destination”: toponymic commodification and the branding of place in Dubai and Winnipeg
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2018.1511191
Abstract: ABSTRACT The selling of naming rights to corporate sponsors has led urban policymakers to increasingly view the identities of public places as rent-generating assets to fund urban infrastructure. Yet few scholars have critically analyzed this… read more here.
Keywords: naming rights; winnipeg; toponymic commodification; turn brand ... See more keywords
Desiring the indigenous: affective commodification of the Sámi
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DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2021.1942824
Abstract: This paper argues that the multimodal enactment of affect plays a key role in the commodification of indigenous cultures. Departing from an understanding of affect as integral to discourse, the pap... read more here.
Keywords: affective commodification; desiring indigenous; indigenous affective; commodification ... See more keywords
‘Making Tragic Places’: dark tourism, kitsch and the commodification of atrocity
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DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2021.1960852
Abstract: Certain kinds of death that have been touristified and packaged as commodities have been referred to as 'dark tourism'. It is here where tragic memories are retailed as kitsch mementos in a society of the… read more here.
Keywords: tragic places; tourism; commodification; atrocity ... See more keywords
Commodification of Development Rights and What It Does to the Urban Housing Market in Taiwan
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DOI: 10.1177/0739456x17737139
Abstract: The enactment of the transfer of development rights (TDR) policy in Taiwan since the late 1990s is part of a broader trend of commodification and deregulation of development rights. This study examines the spillover effect… read more here.
Keywords: housing market; development rights; development; commodification ... See more keywords
Commodification and Resistance: Theoretical Implications Drawn from a Mobile Recreational Community
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DOI: 10.1177/0891241615626556
Abstract: Drawing on interview, survey, and long-term participant observational research in the BMW motorcycling community, we analyze issues related to the commodification of riding. We use Hill-Collins’s (1999) “both/and” approach in our data analysis. Specifically, we… read more here.
Keywords: commodification resistance; community; implications drawn; resistance theoretical ... See more keywords
“We Can Remember It for You”: Location, Memory, and Commodification in Social Networking Sites
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244017712026
Abstract: This article explores the spatial self through the performative aspects of location sharing and geotagging in the process of self-representation on social networking sites (SNSs). Based on the legacy of early experimentations with location-based technologies… read more here.
Keywords: social networking; commodification; remember location; networking sites ... See more keywords
Commodification of African languages in linguistic landscapes of rural Northern Cape Province, South Africa
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DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2019-2054
Abstract: Abstract English has been portrayed in linguistic landscape literature as the definitive language of commodification. However, using linguistic landscape images from two rural communities in the Northern Cape, South Africa, this article shows how indigenous… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; languages linguistic; commodification; northern cape ... See more keywords