scholarly journals Social and Physical Entrapments of Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arfan Lodhi ◽  
Faiza Khalid ◽  
Iqbal Mehmood ◽  
Faiz Rasool ◽  
Farhan Akbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Arundhati Roy ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Bapsi Sidhwa ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
The Social ◽  
Small Things ◽  
Different Cultures

The study highlights the social and physical entrapments of women in two novels: Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. Both writers belong to two different cultures. Bapsi Sidhwa is a Punjabi, Parsi, Pakistani novelist while Arundhati Roy is an Indian Author. Regardless of their different cultures, they have discussed similar issues faced by women of their contemporary societies. This case study adopted exploratory research framework to gather data and undergo its content analysis from the text of two selected novels. The findings explicate that woman exploitation can be observed evidently among different societies irrespective of any culture, religion, caste or creed. In both novels, women are represented as shallow creatures and they are utterly victimized physically as well as emotionally. They are raped and beaten brutally by males being their unbidden masters. Sidhwa and Roy enlighten the plight of women in their novels, though slight elements of unjust maltreatment of the male characters can also be seen at many places.

scholarly journals Malays, China and Indian Ethnicities: A Case Study of Art and Ethnography Content Analysis and Multiculturalism on Upin-Ipin Animation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 629
Author(s):  
Wenny Maya Arlena ◽  
Ni Gusti Ayu Ketut Kurniasari
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Intrinsic Property ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Good Relationship ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Islamic Values

This study aims to describe the ethnic group or tribe is a group of people whose members identify themselves with one another, usually based on lineage are considered the same as culture, language, religion traits, behaviors, or biological. Ethnicity is a fundamental factor in human life, interactions and intrinsic property of a group. The method of research used content analysis approaches and ethnographic art. The results showed determination by mixing or races as “Peranakan”: for a mixture of Malay race with China, people who are determined according to their religion, for Malays in Malaysia it meant that the Muslim bumiputera, “the Mestis” for Hispanic mix by bumiputera. Upin Ipin-released on September 14, 2010 in Malaysia and produced by Les’ Copaque. The results of this study show Upin-Ipin filled with simplicity in bringing Islamic values, education, manners, and respect among fellow was meant for all people of good Malaysian nation or religion. Good relations between different cultures (Malay, Chinese, Indian) were described in this animated film. Upin-Ipin animated movie brings the perfect image and message, ie, with different cultures can create a good relationship with the harmony of differences in unity and simplicity.

scholarly journals The Role of Speech Stereotype in the Formation of Speech Behavior: a Case Study of the French Social Advertising

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
E. G. Zheludkova
Keyword(s):  
French Language ◽  
French Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Models ◽  
Social Advertising ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Cultural Linguistics ◽  
The Way

The research features the speech stereotype at the stage of its formation. The author observes the way stereotype of socially approved behavior are formed with the help of speech stereotypes united by the concept of "product waste". An analysis of "gaspillage alimentaire" social advertising revealed some speech stereotypes, stereotyping mechanisms, as well as the way they influence the recipient of the social advertising discourse. The author states the key role of the speech stereotype that address the recipient to the existing models of behavior and in the formation of new models that are in demand in the French society. The results of the research contribute to a better understanding of the speech behavior in different cultures and can be used in the courses of cultural linguistics, French language stylistics, and discourse analysis. 

scholarly journals Sensibility of the Novel “The God of Small Things” Personifies Realities where Meaning Plays the Protagonist

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Imam Alam Khan
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Arundhati Roy ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Small Things ◽  
Local Languages

<p><em>The novel, “The God of Small Things”, is a Booker Prize winner fiction. It is obviously a thought-provoking novel with an apparent viewpoint. It is</em><em> </em><em>a novel by Arundhati Roy, an Indian</em><em> </em><em>writer. The novel is a story of stories where conflicting ideas of various subjects play vital roles. The subjects appear to be really striking. The style is marvelous. The plot construction is excellent, and the characterization is superb. Language is unique. It’s a worldwide acclaimed novel. The novel speaks on subjects like love, madness, joy, cast-discrimination, women’s exploitation and most importantly the conflict between the Laltain (lantern), the big people, and Mombatti (candles), the small people, which represent the class antagonism. All these antagonisms transform into a meaning. The novelist projects so many meanings together and tries to weave a story on Ammu, the protagonist of the novel. She has created a world where the readers feel the conflict between the social antagonisms and emotional meanings.</em><em> </em><em>The novelist, Arundhati</em><em> </em><em>Roy, has tried her best to evolve a literal as well as a figurative meaning of emotions. The readers feel spellbound emotions when they start reading the novel and pass through the strong throng until they finish the novel. The novelist succeeds in making her readers feel a trance. They emotionally find themselves in a pang of emotions which remains until the end of the novel. Though the novel is full of many obscurities where the readers fail to understand the obscure images and local languages in the novel, yet they feel satisfaction at the end as it discusses sensibility of the society.</em><em> </em><em>The reality apparently transforms itself into a crystal clear meaning of life which is very vital to the novelist as well as to the readers. The meaning of life, reality, appears like a protagonist. Hence, the novel under research is under scrutiny about the idea of reality appearing like protagonist.</em><em> </em><em>It is undoubtedly a very successful novel. Readers have liked it very much. The critics have found it interesting. It has been the best seller, too. Thus, this research is trying to find out the answer of the question, Is</em><em> </em><em>the novel really successful in arousing a sensibility? Is the meaning of life appears life-like? Does it personify reality of life? Consequently, this research paper has tried to find out the answers for the posted queries. </em><em>Moreover</em><em>, the obvious answer is, yes it does. It personifies the realities of the tragedies of the protagonists: Ammu and Velutha.</em></p>

scholarly journals Urban Densification and Social Sustainability: A Case Study of Dhaka

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
Dr. Syeda Jafrina Nancy
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Location ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complementary Part ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The City ◽  
Growing Population

Dhaka is regarded as a thriving megacity of South Asia. The key challenges that the bustling hub is confronted with are land scarcity and the growing population. With limited land supply, the city is copping to accommodate its ever-growing population through two development strategies, namely densification and vertical expansion. Densification is regarded as an effective tool in guiding the urbanization process, while vertical expansion can be considered as a complementary part of this strategy. When it comes to application in an urban environment as a strategy, the subjective attributes of density need to be taken into consideration along with its objective aspects. As the concept of crowdedness differs generally among people belonging to different cultures, statuses, ethnicity, and geographic location, the livable density standard is also supposed to vary accordingly. The concept of habitable density for any community is profoundly related to the various aspects of social sustainability. Since densification has been taking place in Dhaka without any guidelines, the livability conditions with regards to the social sustainability of the city dwellers are largely compromised. Therefore, there is an urgent need to assess the sustainability of the residential areas of Dhaka, which have been developing as a by-product of the unguided densification process taking place over the recent decades.

The mediated discourse and voice of euthanasia: the Israeli media as a case study

2021 ◽  
pp. medhum-2020-012097
Author(s):  
Baruch Shomron
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Social Debate ◽  
Civil Participation

Euthanasia is an important social and quality of life issue. However, it is highly controversial and thus continuously debated especially given its legitimacy and legality differ between countries. Little is known about the role media plays concerning this topic. To fill this gap, this study applies a mixed methods approach to a case study of Israeli media, including a quantitative content analysis of news articles (to measure the discourse of ‘civil participation’), a thematic analysis of news articles (to examine the ‘voice’) and a quantitative content analysis of Facebook comments (to measure ‘being heard’). Results indicate that while the media highly enables the media capability of ‘voice’ (both ‘voicing’ and ‘being heard’), it limits the media capability of ‘civil participation’ to a narrow array of discourse, hindering the social debate. These results reveal the role the media plays regarding euthanasia, integral to individuals’ quality of life through the realisation of their media capabilities, and in relation to the act of euthanasia itself.

Gendering the nation: A case study on the postage stamps of Cyprus

Semiotica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (215) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Sonia Andreou ◽  
Stephanie Stylianou ◽  
Evripides Zantides
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Postage Stamps ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus

AbstractThe current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypriot society, through their representations on postage stamps produced by the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 to 2013. The theoretical framework employed derives from relevant theories on social roles’ divisions based on gender, as well as the way these roles and stereotypes are expressed through images. The corpus has been analyzed by means of content analysis and semiotic analysis was employed in order to explore how the theoretical framework complies with selected stamps from the content analysis in respect of non-verbal signs. According to the findings, the role of women on stamp representations seems to be secondary and tied with emotional qualities, while men seem to hold a more prominent position in the society. This fact is reflected both on the quantity of stamps representing each gender in the respective thematic categories, as well as, on the selected stamps studied with semiotic analysis. Nonetheless, there have been strong indications that the social roles of genders and therefore stereotypes have started changing as the society progresses through the years. This process however, does not seem apparent on the imagery used for the stamps of the Republic of Cyprus.

scholarly journals National Image in International Relations: The Perception of China’s National Image on Vietnamese Social Media: A case study of the VnExpress of 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Tuan Hung ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Online News ◽  
Study Methods ◽  
National Image ◽  
The Social ◽  
Case Study Methods

The paper aims to analyse the perception of the China’s national image on Vietnam social media through a case study of VnExpress Online News. The study surveyed 901 articles with topics related to China from January 1, 2019 to December 31st, 2019 based on using content analysis and case study methods. The results show that the social media plays an important role in shaping China's national image in Vietnam. China's national image is received by the Vietnamese public both positively and negatively. The perception of Vietnamese public is more negative than positive on social media.

scholarly journals Historiadores chilenos frente a la ausencia de las mujeres en la formación del profesorado: los retos desde la Didáctica de las Ciencias Sociales

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Marolla-Gajardo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Santiago De Chile ◽  
The Social ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The City

El estudio trata sobre las concepciones de algunos historiadores chilenos sobre la ausencia y/o presencia de las mujeres y su historia en los cursos de formación del profesorado. Se enfatiza en torno a las posibilidades y las limitaciones que se visualizan al trabajar desde tales perspectivas. El trabajo es un estudio de casos realizado en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile. Se llevó a cabo un análisis de contenido sobre los discursos, y se reflexionó en torno a los marcos teóricos desde la didáctica de las ciencias sociales y el posestructuralismo con perspectiva de género. Lo fundamental de los resultados radica la propuesta de deconstrucción que se plantea a fin de generar innovaciones y rupturas en torno a la tradicionalidad que existe en la enseñanza de la historia y las ciencias sociales. The study is about the conceptions of the some Chilean historians on the absence and / or presence of women and their history in teacher education program's. It is emphasized around the possibilities and limitations that are visualized when working from their perspectives. The article is a case study carried out in the city of Santiago of Chile. The research reflect on the content analysis on the discourses, and reflect on considering the theoretical frameworks from the didactics of the social sciences and gender poststructuralism. The relevance of the results lies in the proposal of deconstruction in order to generate innovations and ruptures on the traditionality in the teaching of history and social sciences.

Right-wing populism and the criminalization of sea-rescue NGOs: the ‘Sea-Watch 3’ case in Italy, and Matteo Salvini’s communication on Facebook

2020 ◽  
pp. 016344372095756
Author(s):  
Carlo Berti
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Right Wing Populism ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
Populist Party

The contemporary outbreak of right-wing populism in combination with increasing migratory flows toward Europe raises concerns about the social construction of migrations and migrants and the policy orientations toward them. Research indicated worrying tendencies to perceive migrations negatively and criminalize migrants. However, this paper focuses on a different tactic adopted by a number of populist forces: the criminalization of sea-rescue NGOs. In particular, it presents the case-study of Sea-Watch 3, an NGO sea-rescue vessel which docked in Italy with several migrants on board in June 2019, after a long struggle with Minister of Internal Affairs Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League (a right-wing, anti-migrants populist party). By means of content analysis, the paper discusses Salvini’s Facebook communication strategy about the event. The aim of this study is to cast new light on how the criminalization of NGOs can be exploited to reinforce other aspects of right-wing populism, such as anti-elitism, nationalism, exclusionary politics, personalization, and polarization. In this respect, the implications of criminalizing sea-rescue NGOs for policy orientations and policymaking are also highlighted.

The Mixed Methods Practical Sustainability Research Framework: An Illustration From Research on the Creeping Problem of Coastal Complexity and Mangrove Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 155868982110144
Author(s):  
A. M. Dencer-Brown ◽  
R. M. Jarvis ◽  
A. C. Alfaro ◽  
S. Milne
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Ecosystem Change ◽  
World Population ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
The Social

With a rising world population and pressure on ecosystems due to development, researchers need sophisticated and integrated approaches for conducting sustainability research. We outline a mixed methods practical sustainability research framework, defined as an equal-priority social–ecological methodology, whereby both community engagement and integrated biodiversity assessments are constructed to identify sustainability trade-offs. We illustrate the framework’s use for investigating the social–ecological trade-offs between preserving and removing temperate mangroves in New Zealand. We used a multistage mixed methods design with three stages to generate knowledge and identify social–ecological trade-offs. Our case study illustrates an operational approach for local mangrove management and regional coastal sustainability. Working with communities affected by ecosystem change through participatory research proved key to knowledge exchange and colearning.

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