Indexing ‘Chav’ on Social Media: Transmodal Performances of Working-Class Subcultures

Preface
	References
Contents
List of Figures
1: Introduction
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2: Theoretical Framework
	2.1	 Subject Matter; Focus; Aim
	2.2	 Reasons for the Study; Methodology
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3: ‘Chav’
	3.1	 Entry into Public Discourse; Folk Etymologies
	3.2	 Vocabularies (Lexical Items and Phraseological Extensions)
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4: The Chav
	4.1	 Emblematic Function of the Sign: Constructing the Chav
	4.2	 Chav Stylizations: Competing Indexicalities, Fractal Recursivity and Commodification
	4.3	 Visibility of the Sign: The Making of Chav Bodies
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5: New Digital Media and the Chav
	5.1	 The TikTok Platform
	5.2	 Transmodal Stylizations on TikTok
	5.3	 TikTok Chav Check
	5.4	 Chav Indexicalities in Chav Check
	5.5	 Chav Features as Prosthetic Extensions
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6: Pulling the Threads Together and Expanding on ‘Chav’ in Social Media
	6.1	 General Outline of the Book
	6.2	 A Wider Look at ‘Chav’ and Changing Youth Masculinities and Femininities
	6.3	 ‘Chav’ on Other Social Platforms: Beyond TikTok
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7: Concluding Remarks
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Index