Representasi Feminisme Eksistensialis Tokoh Wanita dalam Film The Great Wall,

This research aims at the theme of the study of feminism in acting, especially in film. The female figure in this film is described as a strong and spirited female figure. This female figure exists among the domination of men as usual. A female figure is usually portrayed in a feminine role, but in this film, the roles shown are very different. From the role of this female character in this film "The Great Wall", emerges the Existentialist Feminism side, for example, that women are described as a figure who has a level of independence, a way of thinking that is not dependent on men. This study uses descriptive qualitative research using the strategy proposed by Simone de Beauvoir, how women interpret themselves, like 1) work and determine fate; 2) join intellectual groups, think, see, and define to bring about change for women; 3) work and achieve social transformation in society, and 4) refuse to internalize that women are below men. This study shows that the emotional side of a woman cannot change the character of a woman in dealing with problems, this can be seen from the storyline given in this colossal genre film.

Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army

In every country, as an institution the military is responsible for protecting its physical borders and, at their request, helping the civilian government in a time of need. Pakistan’s military is not only a defender of physical borders and ideological frontiers, it also directly or indirectly is involved in politics. It is a robust institution that safeguards the country from external and internal threats and is always ready to make sacrifices for the nation. Many books have been written on the subject of Pakistan's military from different perspectives, but Dr. Maria Rashid’s book entitled “Dying to serve: Militarism, affect, and the politics of sacrifice in the Pakistan army” is a unique contribution that deals with ‘militarism’ and exposes the mechanisms through which it operates in Pakistan. This book has been critically written under diverse and well-arranged themes. Previous studies discuss the high ranking military officers, but omit the martyred soldiers and their poor families coming from socio-economically backward areas. Also highlighted throughout the book is the feminine role of members of the soldiers’ families.

Simone de Beauvoir para além da França: Como o livro “O Segundo Sexo” influenciou diversas gerações em diferentes locais do Mundo?

Simone de Beauvoir foi autora de um dos primeiros livros questionando o papel feminino construído pela sociedade, levantando neste uma série de questões e influenciando fortemente o pensamento da época. Tendo isso em vista, o presente artigo pretende abordar como, apesar de ser muito criticada pelas gerações seguintes, a figura de Simone de Beauvoir se mantém presente no imaginário das mulheres feministas durante todas as ondas do movimento, de 1949 até o momento. Utilizando o livro “O Segundo Sexo” para apresentar a perspectiva da autora em ênfase e outras fontes como documentários, filmes e livros de outras autoras, buscarei demonstrar a influência do estudo da autora e sua contribuição ao redor do mundo.Palavras chave: Simone de Beauvoir; feminismo; patriarcado. AbstractSimone de Beauvoir was the writer of one of the first books which questioned the feminine role created by society, raising on that lots of questions about feminism and strong influencing thoughts about it at her time. Keeping this in mind, the present article is going to approach how, besides the critics she acquired of the following generations, the portrayal of Simone de Beauvoir stays present in the feminists' foresight on every surge of the movement so far. Using the book “The Second Sex” for the present perspective of the author and others references as documentaries; movies and books from another author, pointing how her studies influencied and contribuied around the world.Key-words: Simone de Beauvoir; feminism; patriarchate.

Pentecostalism and women leadership: paradigm for gender re-construction in Nigeria

Gender construction in Nigeria is culturally constructed, gender processes are inculcated through the family, school, religion, peer group etc, as such women are relegated on their line of actions culturally. Thus, gender inequality has gained momentum. However, in the Pentecostal doctrines and dogma women position have change drastically giving credence to equal partnership with the men. Hence, this research aims at showing that Pentecostalism adapting itself as a Christian denomination that saturate itself as a possible gospel, involved in the rejuvenation of humanity have tendencies towards the appreciation and equivalent status women enjoys with the men counterpart, dominantly recognizing the important role women can play in the church and the society, as such priding the feminine role as a necessary complement to the masculine role. As such, women are allowed to own their parishes, women ministry, women pastorate, women counselors, women wing, and side by side leadership role with men etc. This serves as advocacy mechanism by Pentecostal ministry to reconstruct the cultural/traditional construct of gender in Nigeria.

Prominence of gender cues in the assignment of thematic roles in German

ABSTRACTTwo eye-tracking experiments examined influences of grammatical and stereotypical gender cues on the assignment of thematic roles in German. Participants (N1 = 32, N2 = 40) read sentences with subject- and object-extracted relative clauses, where thematic agents and patients remained ambiguous until the end of the relative clause. The results reveal a linguistic gender bias: agent roles are assigned more easily to grammatically masculine than feminine role nouns and stereotypically neutral than female ones. The opposite pattern is observed in the assignment of patient roles for stereotypical but not grammatical gender. The findings are discussed within the framework of situation model theories as well as in constraint-based and similarity-based interference accounts, while gender is viewed as a dimension of prominence.

“Mother” (Mu 母) and the Embodiment of the Dao

This article employs newly discovered Warring States texts to reexamine questions regarding the use of the word mother (mu 母) in the Laozi—did it refer to the feminine role of providing and caring for the descendants of an inherently male cosmic and social order or was it simply a metaphor for an abstract philosophical concept? The author reinforces the latter interpretation suggesting that Mother referred to that existential moment of temporal transition between the cycle of life and death.