scholarly journals The Impact of Reverse Culture Shock on Gulliver’s Family Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 339-348
Author(s):  
Atteq ur Rahman ◽  
Sayed Zahid Ali Shah ◽  
Shakeel Khan
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Reverse Culture Shock ◽  
Gulliver's Travels ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels has been one of the most fascinating works of English literature. It is its suggestive quality due to which it has been read in a variety of different perspectives. Twentieth century critics have read it in the light of different psychoanalytical approaches. This study focuses on an entirely different aspect i.e reverse culture shock. It analyzes the effects of reverse culture shock on Gulliver’s behavior and his interaction with his family through a close reading of the text of Gulliver’s Travels. Gulliver who suffers from an obvious identity crisis fails to cope with the readjustment problems at home after living among different hosts. After every subsequent re-entry, Gulliver’s behavior especially with his family members deteriorates. The imprints of his last hosts remain so deeply engraved on his mind that fails to live peacefully with his family members and has to live in isolation. This is where we can relate Gulliver to people who after living abroad fail to adjust with the people of their native society and family members.   

scholarly journals The Impact of Mobile Phone on Family Life: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 4 (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 192-207
Author(s):  
Dr. Muhammad Shabbir Sarwar ◽  
Humara Gulzar ◽  
Muhammad Ahsan Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Family Time ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research paper is to explore the negative relationship between mobile phone and family life as well as negative impact of mobile phone usage on family life norms and traditions. The study is based on data collected through mixed method i.e. survey of a random sample of 1300 people and structured interviews conducted with a sub-sample of 13 people in Lahore, Pakistan. The study found that mobile phone is negatively affecting the family life due to its massive usage during family socialization time. The quantitative analysis found that over 85% of respondents use mobile phone for communication with the people other than their family members when they are with their family; over 50% make calls to others during their family time; 83% make SMS; 75 feel that they ignore their family due to cell phone; 86% thinks that mobile has influenced their family time face-to-face socialization negatively and 91% said that they exchanged harsh words with their family members for at least once or more due to using mobile phone during family time. The study reveals that male members of the traditional families are more responsible for using mobile phone during family time and damaging family traditions as compared to the female members. However, parents remain very concerned about the possibilities of misuse of mobile phone by female teenagers of the family. In most cases family elders were annoyed with the youth for adopting this change in their behaviors damaging the family traditions.

scholarly journals KOMUNIKASI SEBAGAI UPAYA UNTUK MEMBANGUN KETAHANAN KELUARGA DALAM KAJIAN "TEORI NILAI ETIK"

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
M. Nur Kholis Al Amin
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Family is the main foundation for character formation and the role of family members. In addition, the family also plays a major role in the patterns of interaction that exist in people’s lives.  However, the development and changes that occur in society can effect the pattern (role) of family life. Today, the development of science and technology is able to influence the shape of society’s life structure toward the “modern society”, one of the impact on family structure is the existance of madern family, which is characterized by the intensity of meetings among family members is increasingly “limit” due to the high level of activity outside the household, such as: children who are out of town school, husband and wife career, husband who works outside the city and see also. Moreover, because the development of communication, so this can be made as a means to build family resilience. Therefore, this article will try to examine communication systems as a significant element to build family resiliaence throught historical contex and sociological approaches, where the presentasion is by integrating, describing, and the analyzing social phenomena—modern family life patterns, changes and developments in technology, communication—using “nilai etik theory” through several rules of Islamic communication as the value of communicating in the family. So that, when viewed from “nilai etik theory” develop by Rahman, conclusions can be obtained, that there are several elements of a very close relationship to the principles of Islamic communication, development of family structure, and family resilience as a way to build a family that is a sakinah, mawaddan and rahmah.Dewasa ini, perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi mampu mempengaruhi bentuk struktur kehidupan masyarakat ke arah “masyarakat modern”, yang salah satu dampaknya berpengaruh terhadap struktur yang ditandai dengan terbatasnya tingkat intensitas pertemuan antar anggota keluarga karena tingginya aktivitas di luar rumah tangga, seperti; anak yang sekolah atau kuliah di luar kota, suami-istri yang berkarir, suami yang bekerja di luar kota, dan sebaliknya. Lebih lanjut, karena perkembangan alat komunikasi yang semakin maju, maka hal tersebut dapat  dijadikan sebagai salah satu sarana untuk membangun ketahanan keluarga. Oleh karena itu, artikel ini akan coba menelaah sistem komunikasi sebagai unsur yang signifikan untuk membangun ketahanan keluarga melalui pendekatan historis (historical contex) dan pendekatan sosiologis, di mana pemaparannya dengan cara memadukan, mendeskripsikan, dan kemudian menganalisis fenomena sosial—pola kehidupan keluarga modern, perubahan dan perkembangan teknologi, komunikasi—menggunakan teori nilai etik melalui beberapa kaidah komunikasi Islam sebagai nilai berkomunikasi di dalam keluarga. Sehingga, apabila ditinjau dari “teori nilai etik” yang dikembangkan oleh Rahman, dapat diperoleh kesimpulan, bahwa terdapat beberapa unsur hubungan yang sangat erat terhadap prinsip-prinsip komunikasi Islam, perkembangan struktur keluarga, dan ketahanan keluarga sebagai jalan untuk membangun keluarga yang sakinah, mawaddah dan rahmah.

scholarly journals Manajemen Komunikasi Keluarga Saat Pandemi COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 707-722
Author(s):  
Ana Kuswanti ◽  
Munadhil Abdul Muqsith ◽  
Anna Gustina Zainal ◽  
Selly Oktarina
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article wants to explain that the Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the structure of family life. Since the government suppressed physical distancing, it indirectly allowed almost 24 hours to be at home. The COVID-19 pandemic greatly tested family resilience. Positively, the impact of independent quarantine gives time to get to know each other deeply among family members. On the other hand, the more often family members meet increases boredom, which then causes friction to occur. This paper writes how the family communication management strategy when Pandemic COVID-19 to create a harmonious and prosperous family, conduct interpersonal communication, responsibility for the environment and family, intensity and direction of communication with a harmonious atmosphere, healthy parenting even in a physical atmosphere distancing or guarding the distance according to government recommendations. Keywords: family communication management, COVID-19 pandemic, family resilience AbstrakArtikel ini ingin menjelaskan bahwa pandemik Coronavirus Disease atau COVID-19 mendistrupsi tatanan kehidupan keluarga. Sejak pemerintah menekannya physical distancing atau penjagaan jarak secara tidak langsung memberikan waktu nyaris 24 jam berada di rumah. Pandemi COVID-19 sangat menguji ketahanan keluarga. Secara positif, dampak karantina mandiri memberi waktu untuk saling mengenal secara mendalam antar anggota keluarga. Disisi lain, semakin sering anggota keluarga bertemu meningkatkan rasa jenuh yang kemudian menimbulkan gesekan terjadi. Tulisan ini menulis bagaimana strategi manajemen komunikasi keluarga saat Pandemi COVID-19 sehingga tercipta keluarga yang harmonis dan sejahtera, melakukan komunikasi antar pribadi, tanggung jawab pada lingkungan dan keluarga, intensitas dan arah komunikasi dengan atmosfir yang harmonis, pola asuh hidup sehat walaupun dalam suasana physical distancing atau penjagaan jarak sesuai anjuran pemerintah. Kata kunci: manajemen komunikasi keluarga, pandemik COVID-19, ketahanan keluarga

scholarly journals Families facing the Italian lockdown: Temporal adjustments and new caring practices in shared physical custody arrangements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Merla ◽  
Sarah Murru
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Shared Parenting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Physical Custody

Objective: This paper investigates the impact of the 2020 Covid-19 related Spring Lockdown in Italy on families practicing shared physical custody (SPC) arrangements for their children. Background: Those family configurations partly challenge the dominant 'mother as main carer model' that characterizes Italian society. Here, we consider the lockdown as a "challenge-trial" to analyze the strategies that these families have developed to cope with lockdown, and to reveal the overarching structures that contributed to shape this experience of lockdown. Method: We draw on semi-structured interviews with 19 parents (9 fathers and 10 mothers), part of 12 families practicing SPC. Results: We propose a typology of custody re-organizations during lockdown and how this affected the division of parental involvement based on a) change/no change in sleepover calendars in favor of mother/father; and b) similar/different arrangements for siblings – a new practice that emerged and also has implications for the division of childcare between parents. Four types are identified where we emphasize new parenting practices and the role played by material housing configurations, relations and tensions between family members, as well as balancing work, school and childcare. Conclusion: We highlight the usefulness of applying a "challenge-trial" lens to the study of family life under lockdown, and the need to complexify research on gender equality in shared parenting and on sibling relationships in post-divorce families.

scholarly journals DAMPAK POLIGAMI SIRI TERHADAP KEHIDUPAN KELUARGA DI DESA CIGUGUR GIRANG BANDUNG BARAT

Asy-Syari ah ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-220
Author(s):  
Ade Darmawijaya
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Birth Certificate ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Education ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Sexual Desires ◽  
The Impact

Abstarct: In the teachings of Islam Marriage is one form of worship to Allah SWT and follows the sunnah of His Messenger. Marriage for Muslims in Indonesia adheres to the principle of Monogamy, namely - a man marries a woman. However, Law Number 1 of 1974 does not close the meeting door for men who will do marriage with more than one woman (polygamy). This can be done by following the provisions stated in Law No. 1 of 1974. However, the fact in the community is that there are still many polygamous marriages conducted in siri without following the procedures stipulated in the applicable law. so that it is not listed in the State document. So in this study, the motives for polygamy will be revealed, what causes a lot of polygamy siri, how the impact of polygamy siri on family life. The methodology of this study uses the method of observation, interviews, documentation. The results showed that the motives for polygamy included fulfilling sexual desires, showing courage, caring for orphans, elevating women, sharing happiness, continuing the traditions of the ancestors etc. The causes of the occurrence of polygamy siri in his wife did not want to be known by the first wife, the distance to the KUA and Pengandilan Religion was quite far, the polygamy procedure was quite complicated, complicated and expensive, considered insignificant registration of marriage. especially after the first wife was known, administrative problems arose, namely the making of KTP, KK, Birth Certificate, etc., making it difficult to distribute inheritance among family members, emerging vulnerability in the fields of economy, social, education, health and so on.Abstrak: Dalam ajaran  Islam Perkawinan adalah salah satu bentuk ibadah kepada Allah SWT dan mengikuti sunnah Rasul Nya. Perkawinan bagi umat Islam di Indonesia menganut azas Monogami, seorang laki-laki mengawini seorang perempuan. Namun Undang-undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 membuka peluang bagi laki-laki yang akan melakukan perkawinan dengan  lebih dari satu orang wanita (poligami). Hal itu dapat ditempuh  dengan mengikuti ketentuan Undang-undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974. Akan tetapi fakta di masyarakat masih banyak pernikahan poligami yang dilakukan secara siri atau tanpa mengikuti prosedur Undang-undang yang berlaku,  sehingga tidak tercantum dalam dokumen Negara. Penelitian ini akan mengungkap motif melakukan poligami, faktor penyebab banyak terjadi poligami siri, dan bagaimana dampak poligami siri terhadap kehidupan keluarga. Metodologi penelitian ini menggunakan metode observasi, wawan­cara, dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dampak melakukan poligami siri terhadap kehidupan keluarga cukup banyak di antaranya banyak terjadi konflik terutama setelah diketahui isteri pertama, muncul masalah administrasi kependudukan yaitu pembuatan KTP, KK, Akte Kelahiran dsb, mempersulit pembagian warisan di antara anggota keluarga, muncul kerawanan dalam bidang ekonomi, social, pendidikan, kesehatan dan sebagainya.

scholarly journals A Broader Relevance of Gullivers Suffering in the Context of Culture Shock

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atteq-ur- Rahman ◽  
Nadia Gul ◽  
Riaz Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
Native Land ◽  
Gulliver's Travels ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Fresh Perspective ◽  
Travel Abroad ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: This study analyzes Gulliver’s sufferings among his different hosts and his relevancy to today’s sojourners who travel abroad and suffer from the effects of culture shock. During his stay with four different hosts, Gulliver remains unable to adjust with them due to the impact of culture shock. He looks at his hosts from the cultural parameters of his native land that leads to multiplication his problems. Like him, most of the travelers who move abroad for various reasons undergo the effects of culture shock. If they fail to understand the internal and external aspects their hosts’ culture, they may respond as Gulliver does. Approach: Though critics have analyzed Gulliver’s character from different perspectives, none has studied him from the lens of culture shock. On close analysis of the text of Gulliver’s Travels, readers can easily observe Gulliver suffering from the effects of culture shock among his hosts. A fresh perspective has been adopted in this study by analyzing Gulliver’s character in the light of culture shock. Culture shock affects sojourners in multiple ways. Many students, migrants, and the diaspora go through this experience while living in a new culture among new people. Findings: This study shows that culture has been a common phenomenon for people who stay abroad for long or settle though they do not realize that several problems that they face are caused by culture shock. However, if someone consciously assimilates the effects of culture shock, it becomes a great experience to live a better life. Implications: Though Gulliver belongs to the eighteenth century England, yet he exists around and among us.  It is Gulliver’s relevancy that adds to the meaningfulness of his character for the contemporary sojourners. 

scholarly journals Jewish Households and Religious Identity in Mid-nineteenth-century Britain

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alysa Levene
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Traditional Patterns ◽  
The Impact

This article tests the impact of industrial life, migration, and religious ties on family life. Specifically, it examines Jewish households, asking whether they conformed to traditional patterns of nuclearity, and what this suggests about wider kinship or community networks. It shows that Jews accommodated a range of people in their households, from family members to Jewish lodgers and non-Jewish servants. Jewish lodgers frequently lived with coreligionists who also often shared birthplaces or occupations. In sum, the data suggest a strong degree of intracommunal solidarity despite high levels of migration and also emphasize the diversity of household forms in this period.

scholarly journals ‘I no longer know that person’: Grief and loss in families living with someone using crystal methamphetamine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dara Sampson ◽  
Milena Heinsch ◽  
Jenny Geddes ◽  
Richard Velleman ◽  
Gill Velleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
Grief And Loss ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
Disenfranchised Grief ◽  
Crystal Methamphetamine ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Although crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’) use is a large and growing worldwide problem, few research studies have explored the impact of crystal methamphetamine use on affected friends and family members. In order to inform the development of a Family and Friend Support Program for those affected by someone else’s use of ice, the experiences and narratives of family members and friends were explored. Methods: This paper reports on a subset of findings from a mixed method study, which sought to better understand the experiences of affected friends and family members of people using ice. Participants were recruited via a Facebook ad and asked to complete a survey outlining their experiences. At the end of the survey, participants were invited to be interviewed by the clinical psychologist on the research team, to discuss their experiences in greater depth. Seventeen people (out of the 39 who completed the survey) agreed to be interviewed. This paper is based on a qualitative thematic analysis of those seventeen interviews conducted with family members and friends of people using ice.Results: The thematic analysis highlighted common areas of concern and experience. Key themes emerged from the thematic analysis, namely loss, stigma, support (or lack thereof), ways of coping, and the value in sharing personal experiences. The pre-eminent theme was that of grief and loss. Concepts of ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief, and narrative constructivist approaches to understanding loss were applied to the analysis of results. Loss was often compounded by social constructions and stigma attached to ice usage, which extended to the people caring for friends and family members as well. Conclusion: The experiences of the people interviewed in relation to a person in their life who was using ice, were complicated by social constructions of the drug itself. It emerged that this resulted in grief processes which were made more complex because of the stigma attached to the use of ice. These results warrant further clinical consideration and research.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFER ON POVERTY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Deden Ferry Kurniawan ◽  
Hera Susanti
Keyword(s):  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
The People ◽  
Indonesian Family Life Survey ◽  
The Impact

<p><em>This research aims to generate empirical evidence on the impact of cash transfers on Poverty on households in Indonesia, using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) panel data in 2007 and 2014, and the method of Difference-in-differences with propensity score matching. This study estimates the impact of relief and benefits that do not receive assistance on Poverty. Results are expected to find that the provision of assistance (cash transfers) has a significant impact on poverty in terms of beneficiaries and who does not receive assistance, or viewed from a total of two (beneficiaries and who are not receiving assistance). It is found that the provision of assistance to the people who were targeted as shown to improve the welfare of beneficiaries, but have not been able to exceed the group that did not receive aid.</em><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>JEL Classification: </em></strong><em>I31, I32, I38</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>: </em><em>Cash transfer, Difference-in-differences, Poverty, Propensity Score Matching</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals Paradigm of International Exchange Students in Encountering Culture Shock Stages

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Rafi’ah Nur ◽  
Suhria
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Exchange Students ◽  
Reverse Culture Shock ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
The People

Globalization can help people gain knowledge and improve learning about how a diversity of the cultures does not cause any conflict, misunderstand, and share knowledge across the culture peacefully. It can be termed as cross-cultural communication. Based on this paper's aims, this article discussed the theory of multiculturalism (cultural diversity), cross-cultural communication, the types of culture shock, the cases of culture shock experience such as the stages of culture shock and reverse culture shock. Thus, this study aims to discuss the theory of multiculturalism and an overview of culture shocks experienced by the student exchange program. As a result, shock culture experience is found by most of the people who live for some duration times. However, they will face reverse culture shock when returning to their home country, even though some returnees do not experience it.

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