scholarly journals Compliment piropo in Spanish space

2016 ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Elena V. Astakhova
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Special Form ◽  
First Century ◽  
National Character ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Economy Policy

The article analyzes the Spanish compliment piropo as a special form of language communication which is directly connected to popular culture, covers different aspects of life and is related with studies of national character, saving or abandoning traditions and old values. The compliment piropo reflects particular features of historical, literal, social and physiological events experienced by Spanish society. The phenomenon of piropo shows global transformations in the economy, policy, social and gender relationship of Spanish society during the last third of the twentieth and early twenty-first century.

The Future of Epic in Cinema

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Pantelis Michelakis
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
First Century ◽  
Genre Criticism ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century

This chapter explores the ways in which the generic label of ‘epic’ might be deemed relevant for Ridley Scott’s film Prometheus (2012), and more broadly for the ways in which a discussion about the meanings of epic in early twenty-first-century cinema might be undertaken outside the genre of ‘historical epic’. It argues for the need to explore how ‘epic science fiction’ operates in Scott’s Prometheus in ways that both relate and transcend common definitions of the term ‘epic’ in contemporary popular culture. It also focuses on the unorthodox models of biological evolution of the film’s narrative, suggesting ways in which they can help with genre criticism. When it comes to cinematic intertextuality, a discussion about generic taxonomies and transformations cannot be conducted at the beginning of the twenty-first century without reflecting on the tropes that cinema animates and the fears it enacts at the heart of our genetic imaginary.

Beyond hegemony and sisterhood: transnational Tianhou-Mazu cult in East Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Chi-cheung Choi
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Popular Religion ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
First Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Imperial State

Purpose Studies of Tianhou-Mazu cult have been focused on three themes: studies in Taiwan emphasize hegemonic order; studies in Hong Kong reveal a relationship of “sisterhood” alliances; and studies in Singapore highlight the important role of ethnic groups. The rebuilding of the goddess’s ancestral temple in early 1980s and her acquiring a world intangible cultural heritage status in the early twenty-first century facilitate the redefinition of overseas Chinese’s religious affiliation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss this global development of the cult from the 1980s and its ritual implication in overseas Chinese communities. Design/methodology/approach This paper, by comparing the Tianhou-Mazu cult in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian Chinese settlements, argues that from sisters to descended replicas, or from local alliances to global hegemony, the cult of Tianhou-Mazu since the 1980s has not only replaced local culture with an emphasis on “high culture,” but also represents a religious strategy regarding local people’s interpretation of correctness and authority. Findings This paper argues that despite the imposition of hegemonic power from various authorities, popular religion is a matter of choice. This reflects how local religious practice is construed according to the interpretation of global cultural languages by the elite Chinese; their decision of when and how to reconnect with the goddess’s ancestral temple or the “imperial state,” or to form alliances with other local communities; and the implementation of the local government’s cultural policy. Originality/value This paper is one of the few attempts comparing development of a folk cult in various communities.

scholarly journals TheZenne: Male Belly Dancers and Queer Modernity in Contemporary Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOANNA MANSBRIDGE
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Trans People ◽  
Turkish Culture ◽  
Belly Dancing ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the history and contemporary revival of male belly dancers –zenneorköçek– in Turkey and in cities with large Turkish populations, such as Berlin. What does the current revival of male belly dancing tell us about the relationship between modern ideologies of sex and gender and narratives of modernity as they have taken shape in Turkey? Thezennedancer embodies the contradictions of contemporary Turkish culture, which includes a variety of same-sex practices, along with sexual taxonomies that have developed in collusion with discourses of modernity. The revival ofzennedancing can be seen as part of a series of global transformations in the visibility of gay, lesbian, and trans people in popular culture and public discourse. However, it is also an unpredicted consequence of the Justice and Development Party's (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) purposeful revival and romanticization of Turkey's Ottoman past, which has been ahistorically remembered as more pious than the present. Re-emerging in the twenty-first century as an embodiment of competing definitions of sexuality and modernity in contemporary Turkey, precisely at a moment when Turkish national identity is a hotly contested issue, thezennedancer is queer ghost, returning to haunt (and seduce) the present.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LATE TWENTIETH-EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Articult ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Evgenia I. Vinogradova ◽  
◽  
Evgeny V. Kilimnik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
First Century ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article analyzes the work of Western and Russian scientists, conducted in the past three decades, on the relationship of psychology and architecture. It is shown that in the West, the neuropsychological aspects of the relationship of psychology and architecture are studied thanks to modern neurobiological equipment, while in Russia there is a clear gap between the representatives of neuroscience, their technical support, and the architectural scientific community. As a result of the analysis conducted in the article, it is concluded that two research blocks can be distinguished. The first of them highlights the relationship between the psyche of the viewer and architecture. This may include research, both revealing the features of the perception of objects, and the influence of an architectural object on the viewer. Another block of research is connected with the psyche of the architect: and here the features of the design process itself are examined, as well as the influence of the personality of the architect on the features of the architectural object. It is concluded that the topic of reflecting the individual or individually-typological psychological characteristics of the personality of an architect in a specific architectural work remains undeveloped both in the West and in Russia, although it is extremely relevant today.

scholarly journals The Blindspot: Asian Misrepresentation In Orange Is The New Black

Elements ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Kim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Idealistic View

As our nation and society attempt to introduce the notion of post-raciality in the twenty-first century, it becomes clear that this idealistic view of race relations in the United States can only be seen as valid when whiteness is considered to be “normal” or “neutral.” This prioritization of whiteness can be easily identified throughout popular culture, especially with the tendency of mainstream film and television to whitewash casts. However, one of the most prominent shows of the current age, Orange is the New Black (OITNB), has a cast that challenges the blindly accepted hegemonic standards by bringing marginalized communities to the center of attention. While it shatters many preconceived stereotypes dealing with race, class, and gender through its diverse array of characters, the show’s handling of its Asian characters seems only to perpetuate racist tropes. This essay examines why we have developed a blindspot for Asians when dealing with race and race relations by using OITNB as a quintessential microcosm of society at large

Democracy, Race, and the Socialist Project in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-48
Author(s):  
Robert C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
American People ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Lyndon Johnson ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Franklin Roosevelt ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Poll Data

This paper examines the relationship between race, socialism, and democracy in America. It is organized into five sections and a conclusion. The first section explores how socialism has been viewed by many black leaders and intellectuals as necessary, imperative perhaps, in the black struggle for material equality, and further investigates the relationship of this black perspective on socialism to white opposition. The second section uses the most recent historical work to identify the factors that have the stalled the development of socialism in America. I also assess how these factors have changed or not in terms of making the socialist project more likely. In the third section, I analyze available poll data on American opinion about socialism from the 1930s to the present. While the data show unambiguously increased support for socialism since the 1930s, socialism does not today command the support of a majority of the American people. In the fourth section I examine the paradigmatic Franklin Roosevelt presidency on how liberal Democratic presidents have avoided the socialist label while embracing socialist programs. The fifth section is a brief examination of what socialism—really existing socialism—means in the early twenty-first century, and the idea of “socialist smuggling” as manifested in the presidencies of FDR and Lyndon Johnson. The speculative conclusion asks what are the prospects for the socialist project, and whether the white liberal cosmopolitan bourgeoisie rather than the white working class might become a mass base for the socialist project.

Singing and Survival

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Bendrups
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Rapa Nui ◽  
Christian Music ◽  
Cultural Survival ◽  
Ancestral Knowledge ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
Late Nineteenth

This book investigates the role that music has played in the development of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) cultural heritage from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. Contrary to prevailing discourses of cultural loss and collapse, it argues that the continuity of Rapanui musical practices can be considered as evidence of cultural survival and continuity. The descriptions of music provided here extend beyond considerations of aesthetics, toward an appreciation of what it means for a once-endangered culture to survive, and to thrive, and the contribution that music can make to this process. It discusses how the Rapanui have carefully nurtured ancestral knowledge passed down over generations, as well as embracing a world of trans-Pacific cultural flows. It investigates five key domains of musical influence on Rapa Nui: ancient tradition, Christian music, Chilean influences, Polynesian influences, and influences derived from global popular culture.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elana Levine
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Feminine Identity ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Twenty First Century

This introductory chapter briefly tackles the broad scope of scholarly literature on feminized popular culture, and also provides an overview of this area in the twenty-first century. Its focus is on forms of early-twenty-first-century popular culture that are strongly associated with femininity—the social and economic forces that create such culture, the ways these cultural products speak to and about feminine identity, and the ways that audiences, readers, and users engage with and experience this culture. In addition, the chapter details in brief the influences, both current and historic, which inform the central themes of this volume, as well as the aims and specific lines of inquiry that this volume seeks to pursue.

scholarly journals Familia, género y migración de varones tamaulipecos: dilemas generacionales

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (64) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Misael Hernández Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Migration Experiences

Resumen: Con base en los resultados de un estudio antropológico, en este trabajo se exploran las experiencias migratorias de dos generaciones de varones tamaulipecos. A partir tanto de los relatos derivados de entrevistas con algunos hombres y mujeres adultos, quienes emigraron de localidades y zonas rurales del suroeste de Tamaulipas hacia Ciudad Victoria, la capital del estado, entre 1960 y 1970, como de los de hombres jóvenes, algunos hijos de los primeros, que emigraron de dicha ciudad a Estados Unidos a inicios del siglo xxi. Aquí el argumento es que la emigración de los varones de las dos generaciones estuvo inmersa en dilemas tanto familiares como de género al cuestionarse, negociarse e incluso redefinirse la decisión de realizar la emigración interna o trasnacional. AbstractBased on the results of an anthropological study, this article explores the migration experiences of two generations of men from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Analysis was based on stories derived from interviews with adult men and women who migrated from towns and rural areas in southwestern Tamaulipas to the state capital of Ciudad Victoria between 1960 and 1970, as well as interviews with young men, some of whom are children of the former, who emigrated from the Ciudad Victoria to the United States in the early twenty-first century. Results show that migration of both generations of males was immersed in both familial and gender dilemmas, as the decision to migrate -either internally or transnationally- was questioned, negotiated, and even redefined.

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