Obviously, Chinese face is not only a psychological construct (individual image claimed by oneself or approved by the group), but also a social construct (reputation, status and respect authorized by the group).
If that is the case, then another carefully constructed zoological reputation will bite the dust.
IT'S ALMOST hard to remember at this stage, but just after the Chris Christie bridge scandal broke, pundits quickly denounced it as as the kind of "nakedly partisan score-settling" that could destroy Mr Christie's carefully constructed bipartisan reputation.
Along the way, Mr. Morahan has benefited politically, allowing him to construct a reputation as a man who gets things done for people, regardless of their politics.
Barry Bonds has worked for years to construct his reputation as the surly superstar, a man who cares so little about public opinion that he could barely face a television camera without sneering.
This spree of violence has punctured the self-constructed reputation of the Awami League, the ruling party, as the sole guardian of the secular fibre of Sunni-majority Bangladesh.
In organizational and management literature, current trends conceive identity and related concepts, i.e. image and reputation, as constructed through social interactions, mostly of a discursive nature.
In the first aforementioned investigation, we provided sound evidence about the relationship between professional reputation, discursively constructed, and students' identification with family medicine practice.
Still, Boies's reputation has been constructed on his ability to hopscotch across specialties, with a thirst for cases that shape industries — the N.F.L. case fits that mold — and move the law.
Backgrounds are the foundations for Miyazaki's fantasies, and the director has a reputation for drawing meticulously constructed worlds, often modelled on European settings.
