Echoes of Rachel’s Weeping: Intertextuality and Trauma in Jer. 31:15

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-435
Author(s):  
Sébastien Doane ◽  
Nathan Robert Mastnjak
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Ancient Text ◽  
Visual Medium ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The People ◽  
Canadian Native

Abstract The image of Rachel’s inconsolable weeping for her lost children in Jer. 31:15 presents a specific kind of response to a cultural trauma. As this paper argues, understanding this response is enriched both by analyzing the extra-textual literary strategy of the passage itself and by engaging in an intertextual reading of the ancient text with a contemporary artistic response to trauma. By means of an allusion to Genesis 37, Jer. 31:15 makes a case both for the continued existence of the people of Israel and for the legitimacy of experiencing the exile as a metaphorical death. What Jer. 31:15 accomplishes textually for a sixth century BCE Judean audience, the Witness Blanket accomplishes in a visual medium for threatened Canadian native cultures. Both texts stage a protest against the threat to the continued existence of culture by asserting the persistent potency of its cultural symbols.

scholarly journals Need and Significance of Guidance by Spiritual Mentor in the Teachings of Mulana Rumi & Sultan Bahoo

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Asmat Naz
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Spiritual Guidance ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
The People ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Ordinary Person

Generally, the teaching process is a very important for the development of society, but especially for those who are seeking for spiritual guidance and knowledge. In this article a leader is based on a premier, mentor or a teacher plays a vital role to provide the specific kind of knowledge because an ordinary person does not have a full command on the deep myth of Sufis and Sufism. The proposed research through the deductive method of research emphasizes the need and position of spiritual mentor and their responsibilities to meet the modern demands of millions young generation. Mulana Rumi and Sultan Bahoo both were the great personalities of their ages. They were prominent, in their sayings, poetry and teachings well known and followed for their reality and perfection of sou. The author will throw light on the qualities and abilities of the spiritual mentors as well as their efforts to bring eminent change in the behaviour of society and their followers. The proper includes that a spiritual mentor is unable to provide reinforcement mechanisms to satisfy the curiosity in a specific framework of the actual teachings of mentioned above personalities. She may not be considered as real religious or spiritual mentor. Hence, there is a core need of the exploration of new dimensions to open new doors of spiritualty for the people and Islamic societies.

Community of Felt Emotions

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-83
Author(s):  
Mimasha Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Belief System ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People

The third chapter closely reviews how the sensation/passion/emotion invoked by the performances, when stringed together with a series of symbols and motifs that held great significance in the daily lives and belief system of the people, generated a bond that held the people together. The Bengali spectators reacted because their emotions were driven towards the cultural symbols or metaphors that they were familiar with. Described as ‘root metaphors’ or basic analogy (something that anthropologists describe as feelings or understandings specific to a culture), these symbols and motifs were common to all present in the space of performance, thereby joining them in a bond imagined through these motifs/symbols.

scholarly journals Representasi Kearifan Lokal Budaya Timur Tengah dalam Film “Aladdin (2019)” Produksi Walt Disney Pictures

Koneksi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Nada Salsabila ◽  
Diah Ayu Candraningrum
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Eastern Culture ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
The People ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

This research examines the representation of Middle Eastern culture local wisdom contained in the film "Aladdin 2019" produced by Walt Disney Pictures. This study aims to examine the cultural symbols of the Middle East. The research method used in this study is a qualitative method with Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic analysis which divides the sign into three elements namely sign, object and interpretant. Semiotics is the science that discusses or examines the meaning of a sign. The results showed that Middle Eastern cultural symbols in the film "Aladdin 2019" were displayed through 10 scenes selected in the film. Cultural symbols of the Middle East are shown through the habits of the people kissing the right and left cheeks every time they meet relatives, riding camels to travel, livelihoods of people who trade, princess clothes Jasmine and Sultan, building architecture made of bricks and domes as decoration and art that displays traditional Middle Eastern musical instrument namely Gambus. Some interesting facts in the film one of which is the making of the city "Agrabah" as a shooting setting which is a fictitious city in England and property made of authentic jewelry.  Penelitian ini mengkaji mengenai representasi kearifan lokal budaya Timur Tengah yang terdapat dalam Film “Aladdin 2019” Produksi Walt Disney Pictures. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji simbol-simbol budaya Timur Tengah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan analisis semiotika Charles Sanders Peirce yang membagi tanda menjadi tiga elemen yaitu tanda, objek dan interpretan. Semiotika adalah ilmu yang membahas atau mengkaji mengenai pemaknaan dari sebuah tanda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa simbol-simbol budaya Timur Tengah dalam Film “Aladdin 2019” ditampilkan melalui 10 scene yang dipilih dalam film tersebut. Simbol-simbol Budaya Timur Tengah ditunjukkan melalui kebiasaan masyarakat cium pipi kanan dan kiri setiap bertemu kerabat, menunggangi unta untuk bepergian, mata pencaharian masyarakat yang berdagang, pakaian putri Jasmine dan Sultan, arsitektur bangunan berasal dari batu bata dan kubah sebagai hiasan serta kesenian yang menampilkan alat musik tradisional Timur Tengah yaitu Gambus. Beberapa fakta menarik dalam film tersebut salah satunya adalah pembuatan kota “Agrabah” sebagai latar syuting yang merupakan kota fiktif di Inggris dan properti yang terbuat dari perhiasan asli.

scholarly journals Emirati Youth's Attitudes Towards Citizenship Values (Applied Study on A Sample of Students of The Emirates College of Technology and Al Ain University of Science and Technology) April 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taher Awad Basha
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
Effects Of Media

This research aims to identify the attitudes of Emirati youth towards citizenship and their level of awareness of it and to determine the extent of their commitment to those values by Identifying their contribution to promoting the values of citizenship and strengthening the values of belonging, loyalty, and positive participation What is the relationship between young people's awareness of the concept of citizenship and translating this reality into practical images. Then stand on the level of commitment to the values of citizenship among Emirati youth and how they can contribute to strengthening the values of rights, duties, and social responsibility. The study also aimed to identify the threats to the values of citizenship from the point of view of young people in light of the increasing media openness, socially, culturally, security, and economically. It emerged through the results that the vast majority of respondents are fully aware of the concept of citizenship and feel proud that they are citizens of the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, it was found through the results of the study that there are no negative effects of the presence of expatriate workers and the multiplicity of nationalities within the country working to weaken the concept of citizenship among the sample members. The recommendations of the study included the following: 1 / The need to give the concept of citizenship the utmost importance in the media and educational curricula. 2 / The need to support and strengthen the concept of citizenship among young people by launching community initiatives led by young people themselves. 3 / Immunizing youth against the negative effects of media openness and new media by focusing on developing citizenship values. 4 / Paying attention to historical, religious, and cultural symbols and promoting them through the means of tourism to enhance the concept of citizenship for the people of the same country with the importance of motivating young people to loyalty to the homeland, pride in its heritage and adhere to its customs.

Becoming Yellow

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Keevak
Keyword(s):  
Skin Color ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
East Asians ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Yellow Peril ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Difference

In their earliest encounters with Asia, Europeans almost uniformly characterized the people of China and Japan as white. This was a means of describing their wealth and sophistication, their willingness to trade with the West, and their presumed capacity to become Christianized. But by the end of the seventeenth century the category of whiteness was reserved for Europeans only. When and how did Asians become “yellow” in the Western imagination? Looking at the history of racial thinking, this book explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. From the walls of an ancient Egyptian tomb, which depicted people of varying skin tones including yellow, to the phrase “yellow peril” at the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe and America, the book follows the development of perceptions about race and human difference. It indicates that the conceptual relationship between East Asians and yellow skin did not begin in Chinese culture or Western readings of East Asian cultural symbols, but in anthropological and medical records that described variations in skin color. Eighteenth-century taxonomers such as Carl Linnaeus, as well as Victorian scientists and early anthropologists, assigned colors to all racial groups, and once East Asians were lumped with members of the Mongolian race, they began to be considered yellow. Demonstrating how a racial distinction took root in Europe and traveled internationally, the book weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term.

scholarly journals THE SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL SYMBOLS IN A MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TEMPLE ‘VIHARA LOTUS’ SURAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Lery Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Food Category ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Chinese Tradition ◽  
The People ◽  
Wheel Turning ◽  
Special Service ◽  
The Buddha

The symbols contained in a vihara is intentionally used to remind the people to something that is believed, both cultural and spiritual values. This article aims to analyze the meaning and value of spiritual and cultural symbols in Vihara Lotus Surakarta. This is a qualitative research. This article shows that (1) The meaning and value of spiritual symbols in Vihara Lotus can be found on the category of altar and statue which consist of ancestor altar, Amitabha Buddha Altar, Avalokitesvara Altar, Three Buddhas Alta, Si Mien Fo Altar, Maitreya Buddha, Si Da Tian Wang Statues, And Earth Gods. Then in category of Prayer tools consist of Ching/Gong, Muk Ie, He Che, and Tan Che. Those spiritual symbols have meaning and value in term of the Buddha teaching such as the Sigalovada sutta, sukhavati realm, reflection of Buddhas nature, concept of Tri Kaya, affection state, four nobles qualities, dharma wheel turning, awareness, equanimity concept, introspection, and catumaharajika realm. (2) Meaning and Value of Cultural Symbols in Vihara Lotus can be found on the category of altar and statue consists of Thian Kong Altar, Chinese Generals, Earth gods, and Horse statues. Then in plant and food category consist of soy bean, Candy and Cookie, cigarette, wine, Chinese evergreen, and pineapple. Those cultural symbols have meaning and value in term of Chinese tradition and habit, such as Tradition of Sky Praising, merits appreciation, Chinese mythology, traditional food, hope of better life, special service to idol, and hope of sustenance.

scholarly journals Female Singers In The Arab World: Cultural Symbols in A Traditional Society

1970 ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Nada Awar
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The People ◽  
Female Singers

The Arab's appreciation of female singers is largely due to the romantic character of their culture. Hence, there is an abundance of sentimentalism, nostalgia and religiousity. A song is perceived as a means to express feelings, spread values and norms, and get human beings closer to their creator once used in the spiritual context. Naturally, the singer secures a prestigious position among the people for using his/her voice, «a gift from God”,  to spread the word of God, express loneliness, reflect patriotism , etc ...

scholarly journals The discourse of Kurdish traditional textiles

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (06) ◽  
pp. 623-631
Author(s):  
KAWA ABDULKAREEM SHERWANI
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Specific Meaning ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Verbal communication is not the only way by which people can interact; people communicate with each other through different signs, colours, cultural symbols and costumes. One of the ways that people can communicate through is clothes or textiles. The language of textiles and its covert discourse have not been studied profoundly. Each bit of textile has its specific meaning. Through the discourse of their clothes, people try to show their nationality, age, gender, social status, geographical belonging etc. Kurdish traditional clothes are believed to be culturally rich, since they are dressed by a large number of people in the past and present. This study is an attempt to examine the relationship between discourse and clothes. It tries to study the hidden discourse of Kurdish traditional textiles. The study seeks to answer several questions, including: What do the clothes say about the people who wear them? How different types of clothes show different forms of people’s identity? How do clothes reveal the people’s nationality, age, gender, geographical territory and social class? The principles of discourse analysis, more specifically Foucault’s approach of material discourses, are used to investigate the collected data. The study uses a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. The data are collected in three ways: by analysing the photo albums, a survey and a site visit to Kurdish Textile Museum in Erbil. The study concludes that the pieces of textiles can be seen as linguistic elements in communications and Kurdish traditional clothes embraces specific cultural codes and symbols that can be used to reveal the discourses they embrace.

scholarly journals Looking through the Ethnolinguistic Perspective to Unveil the Social Facts Phenomenon of Piil Pesenggiri

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Widhya Ninsiana
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Life Philosophy

This article discusses the issues around the socio-cultural phenomenon that employ interdisciplinary studies between linguistics, anthropology and sociology to study the linguistic behaviors of the Lampungese society in a way to grasp their worldview. The data were technically collected through observation and literature reviews to bring out the voices and experiences of the people who mostly affected by the concept of Piil Pesenggiri, of people whose voices have been missing in literature and debate. The production and reproduction of identity through Piil Pesenggiri seems to remain a finding tradition exist among the Lampungese which primarily resulted both demographic and the local political change allowing emergence of a capitalist strategy "retreatment" used as a form of resistance against the transmigrants. It is not a secret anymore that Piil Pesenggiri which many of us understood as the life philosophy of Lampungese triggers negative stigma amongst other shared races or tribes of transmigrants, it is a shift of viewing piil as a mere "cultural shield" or cultural fortress within their social relations. It then becomes clear that the worldview of the social facts of the community as well as segregation that plunges into the socio-political aspects of society including education, cultural symbols, the political flow of identification of social structures. Todays, the existence of Piil Pesenggiri ethnolinguistically is deemed to reflect cultural capital, a static and contextual product of identity which cannot be separated from the people (ulun) Lampung. The empirical information obtained by this research is expected to be utilized by various stakeholders concerning the problem of relations between ethnic groups in taking the attitude, policy and purposes of a scholarship. Such studies are of course useful not only for reconciliation to conflicts involving the ethnic communities, but also to the ability to maintain a well-created social harmony as well.

scholarly journals Cultural Symbols, Identity and Meaning Formation: Symbolic Interactionist Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The People ◽  
Things Fall Apart

The present paper makes an attempt to examine how George Herbert Meade’s theory explains people’s use of symbols as a sense-making tool to elucidate the socialization process, role performance, identity, and meaning formation within the Igbo society for explaining various aspects of human life in the novel Things Fall Apart. This study is significant as it deals with character analysis of Okonkwo, to see how different roles of son, warrior, husband, father and a clansman are defined in Igbo culture during various phases of family and social life to clarify how Symbolic Interactionism has given a new impetus to see society, culture, psychology and relationships. It argues that the physical setting is significant to human behavior and human actions can be interpreted with the critical analysis of cultural symbols and the way they are deployed. It concludes that human behavior is based upon assigning meanings and their symbolic interpretations of the objects that surround them. The Symbolic Interactionist analysis of the novel clearly indicates that Okonkwo’s self and meaning formation is built on perceptions of the reactions of his clansman and his self-concept functions to direct his behavior. The development of different roles changes role and behavior patterns. The internal and external happenings influence role performance, conflict, struggle, and affect the nature, attitude, and self-image of Okonkwo. Moreover, it also affirms that the cultural symbols for honor, respect, and manliness etc. are not fixed naturally rather these are the constructions of the mind and are given meaning through interaction of the people.

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