scholarly journals Intersectionality, Matrix of Domination and Female Agency in Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 403-409
Author(s):  
Ali Usman Saleem ◽  
Sadaf Rasheed ◽  
Asim Aqeel
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Female Identity ◽  
Individual Identity ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Matrix Of Domination

This paper investigates how Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column presents the oppression of women in the socio-political and cultural contexts of the Indo-Pak society. Patricia Collins's views of intersectionality and matrix of domination and Wrede's concept of agency serve as a theoretical framework for this research. Intersectionality works through a matrix of domination that includes four domains of power: structural, disciplinary, hegemonic and interpersonal, which further serves to organize, regulate, maintain and internalize oppression. The study is significant as it intends to unravel the fact that in Sunlight on a Broken Column, gender is not the only factor causing subjugation. Oppression keeps on multiplying with the inclusion of several aspects of individual identity in general and female identity in particular, including age, color, creed, religion, race and sexual orientation. The research establishes that despite intersecting forces of suppression, there still is room for the female agency as the character of Laila foregrounds the fact that the existing situation can be challenged and reverted by few individuals found inside the suppressed groups.

scholarly journals Female agency in the films of Jean Renoir

2021 ◽  
pp. 095715582110129
Author(s):  
Barry Nevin
Keyword(s):  
Gender Relations ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Female Identity ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Male Power ◽  
Jean Renoir ◽  
The Relationship

Although Jean Renoir’s oeuvre has been extensively debated since the emergence of the politique des auteurs in the pages of Cahiers du cinéma, his representation of gender relations has sustained less discussion than his signature formal style. This article posits that Renoir’s films provide a valuable means of identifying how gender, specifically female identity, affects temporal trajectories in cinema. First, it illustrates Gilles Deleuze’s understanding of crystallisation and situates it in relation to current scholarship on gender representation in the director’s work. Second, it conducts a close analysis of the relationship between female identity and crystallisation through a close analysis of the central female characters of La Règle du jeu (1939) and The Golden Coach (1952). This article ultimately argues that whether these characters belong to an upper-or lower-class stratum, they are subordinated to male power, which plays a determining role in the range of potential futures available to them.

The Cultural Context of Reception:

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-55
Author(s):  
Riikka Korppi-Tommola
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dance Company ◽  
Merce Cunningham ◽  
Encounter Time

Abstract The reception of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and John Cage’s visit to Helsinki in 1964 revealed local, Finnish aesthetic priorities. In the dance critics’ texts, Cunningham’s style seemed to create confusion, for example, with its mixture of styles visà-vis avant-garde music. Music critics, mainly avant-garde and jazz musicians, had high expectations for this theatrical event. In their reviews, comparisons were made between Cunningham’s style and the productions of Anna Halprin. In this paper, I analyse the cultural perspectives of this encounter and utilize the theoretical framework of Thomas Postlewait’s pattern of cultural contexts. Additionally, I follow David M. Levin’s argumentation about changes in aesthetics. Local and foreign conventions become emphasized in this kind of a transnational, intercultural encounter. Time and place are involved in the interpretations of the past as well as later in the processes of forming periods.

scholarly journals The Current Research Issues of Retail Internationalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Miao Miao
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Simple Question

Retail internationalization has always attracted interest from both academics and practitioners. Although many retailers have developed international markets successfully by adopting an agile global supply chain, offline and online channels, and various store formats, some cases indicate that barriers and difficulties which retailers face when entering the foreign markets still exist. Thus, the very simple question of how to succeed in implementing retail internationalization calls for more research which investigates this question regarding different cultural contexts and industries from various perspectives. This paper is concerned with retail internationalization and the current issues affecting it. In this paper, we adopt an organizing framework to deepen the understanding of the retail internationalization process, summarize the new issues at the firm and store-level, and intend to provide a theoretical framework for further research.

Moving beyond the Basics

2016 ◽  
pp. 24-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Martin T. Hall ◽  
Jennifer Courduff
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Participatory Media ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way ◽  
Professional Interactions

The evolution of the web has transformed the way persons communicate and interact with each other, and has reformed institutional operations in various sectors. Examining these changes through the theoretical framework Connectivism, provides a detailed analysis of how the web impacts individuals' context within communities as well as the larger society. This chapter examines the evolution of the web and the characteristics of various iterations of the web. A discussion on the emergence of participatory media and other participatory processes provides insight as to how the web influences personal and professional interactions. Research on how the web has changed cultural contexts as well as systems such as education, governments and businesses is shared and analyzed to identify gaps and provide direction for future research.

Courtesan Editor

T oung Pao ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 99 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 173-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Berg
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Sexual Politics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Textual Production ◽  
Comme Agent

This article focuses on female editorship and sexual politics in late Ming and early Qing China, using Hua suo shi, an anthology edited by the courtesan poet Xue Susu, as a case study. It traces textual production and transmission, and reconstructs the literary and cultural contexts of this work to explore the courtesan’s editorial gaze and representation of gender through a close reading of it. The analysis of its two main themes—women as commodities, and women as agents—shows how the courtesan editor re-imagined China’s cultural landscape from her point of view. New examples of female agency are discovered in analyzing the cultural process of editing as a “web of discourses,” providing a window on the emergence of a new female editorial voice in early modern China’s cultural discourse.
Cet article se concentre sur le rôle éditorial des femmes et sur les politiques sexuelles en Chine à la fin des Ming et au début des Qing. Une anthologie éditée par la courtisane et poétesse Xue Susu, le Hua suo shi, sert d’étude de cas. Le processus de production et de transmission textuelle est examiné et le contexte littéraire et culturel de l’ouvrage restitué, permettant d’explorer le regard éditorial et le jeu de genre de la courtisane à travers une lecture serrée du texte. L’analyse des deux thèmes dominants — la femme comme marchandise, la femme comme agent — démontre la façon dont la courtisane éditrice ré-imagine le paysage culturel chinois de son propre point de vue. D’autres exemples d’intervention féminine se révèlent lorsqu’on analyse le processus culturel d’édition en tant que “réseau de discours”. Ainsi s’ouvre une fenêtre sur l’émergence d’une nouvelle voix éditoriale féminine au sein du discours culturel chinois au début des temps modernes.


Culture and persuasive discourse in localized NGO websites

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parthena Charalampidou
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Semiotics ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Persuasive Discourse ◽  
Skopos Theory

Abstract Non-governmental organisations set different goals than for-profit corporations. However, they need to be advertised in order to keep working. One of the basic means NGOs use in order to attract volunteers and donators is their website. Although the English language is considered as the lingua franca of the internet it seems to be inadequate when a global audience is aimed at. NGOs seem to have realized the need to communicate with potential donators or volunteers in their native language and have started providing localized versions of their websites. In this paper we are going to examine the persuasive discourse adopted by NGOs in their English, French and Greek website versions. According to Aristotle (Rhetoric, 1356a) (2002) the three persuasive techniques used to change the audience’s beliefs are (a) pathos, which appeals to the audience’s emotions, (b) ethos, which establishes the good “character” and credibility of the author and (c) logos, which uses logic and evidence to convince the audience. Our aim is to examine both the use and the multisemiotic realization of the above mentioned techniques in different cultural contexts. For the needs of our analysis we will adopt methodological tools from the field of social semiotics (image and text relation (Barthes 2007) and the grammar of visual design and of colours (Kress and Van Leeuwen 1996, 2002). Translational theories such as Skopos theory (Reiss and Vermeer 1984; Nord 1997) will provide the theoretical framework for the study of the adaptation techniques and strategies adopted when the Greek audience is addressed.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Meretoja
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Narrative Fiction ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Hermeneutic Ethics ◽  
Narrative Hermeneutics

Drawing together the main lines of argumentation developed in the book, the concluding chapter synthesizes the hermeneutic ethics of storytelling as a framework that provides analytical resources for studying both oppressive and empowering narrative practices and the (ab)uses of narratives in specific cultural contexts. It summarizes narrative hermeneutics as an approach that is attentive to how practices of storytelling expand and diminish a sense of the possible, and it explores narrative fiction as an inquiry into the ethics of being implicated in histories of violence, silence, and dialogue. The chapter sums up how the narratives examined in the book reveal the limits of storytelling from a range of perspectives and how they attest to the ethical potential of storytelling in the six senses articulated in the book, in ways that nuance the theoretical framework. It articulates a fierce commitment to non-subsumptive narrative practices animated by an ethos of dialogue.

Looking for Love in All the Wrong (?) Places: Intrateam Romantic Relationships

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-395
Author(s):  
Judy L. Van Raalte ◽  
Albert J. Petitpas ◽  
Lisa Krieger ◽  
Carla Lide ◽  
Cassaundra Thorpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Family System ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
System Models ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Team Functioning ◽  
To Receive

Issues related to sexuality, sexual orientation, and romantic relationships have received attention in the sport psychology literature. An area that has not been addressed, however, is that of romantic relationships among sport teammates. Such intrateam romantic relationships may have certain benefits but can also be disruptive to teams and team functioning. The purpose of this manuscript is to (a) address issues related to intrateam romantic relationships, and (b) to propose strategies for sport psychology consultants to consider and use when working with teams when intrateam romantic relationships develop. Specifically, sport psychology consultants who encounter intrateam romantic relationships may find it valuable to consider family system models as a theoretical framework for intervention, clearly identify the client, determine the willingness of those involved to consult, and assess their own abilities to effectively intervene and to receive supervision for such interventions. A well-defined, credible approach may help sport psychology consultants to succeed in complex circumstances and gain the trust, respect, and cooperation of the coaches, teams, and athletes with whom they work.

scholarly journals Culturally Responsive Communicative Teaching (CRCLT): A New Alternative for EFL Teachers in China and Other Non-English Speaking Countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Communicative Teaching ◽  
Practical Recommendations

This paper proposes Culturally Responsive Communicative Teaching (CRCLT) as an innovative, alternative approach to meeting the specific cultural contexts and individual students’ needs in non-English-speaking countries. The paper not only contains a comprehensive theoretical framework of the proposed approach, but also offers practical recommendations based on the author’s reading of the literature and professional experience as an EFL teacher in China. The author believes such a study will contribute to EFL teachers’ knowledge of a promising approach which can be adapted to specific cultural contexts and encourage more exploration for new alternatives in teaching EFL in non-English-speaking countries. Cet article propose une approche éducative innovante et alternative appelée « Enseignement Communicatif Sensible au Contexte Culturel » qui cherche à répondre aux besoins contextuels et culturels spécifiques des étudiants de pays non anglophones. Il expose un cadre de référence théorique complet sur l’approche éducative proposée, tout en proposant des recommandations d’ordre pratiques basées sur les lectures et l’expérience professionnelle de l’auteur en tant que professeur d’anglais en Chine. L’auteur pense que cette étude, applicable à des contextes culturels spécifiques, contribuera au monde de l’enseignement de l’anglais et qu’il encouragera de ce fait l’exploration d’autres alternatives pour l’enseignement de l’anglais dans des pays non anglophones.

Therapist Self-Disclosure from a Gay Male Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent A. Satterly
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Fluid Model ◽  
Individual Identity ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Identity Creation ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Male Clients ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Self-disclosure is a therapeutic intervention often studied within the therapeutic relationship. Increasing attention has been given to therapist self-disclosure (TSD) in light of the gay therapist's sexual orientation. This qualitative study examines the decision-making processes of gay male therapists regarding self-disclosure of their sexual orientations with straight and gay male clients. Four focus groups of therapists discussing these decisions were coded and analyzed. Data analysis reveals 3 topical areas for categorizing themes related to decisions about disclosure of sexual orientation for gay male therapists: (a) identity creation; (b) individual identity management, preclient contact; and (c) individual identity management, client contact. The author describes the themes that emerge and the need for a fluid model of TSD decision making for gay male therapists.

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