IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
Rock Music and The Political Scripting of Vietnam War: Reading Dispatches by Michael Herr
Author: Lalit Kumar, University of Delhi, India Email: lalit.kashyap.754@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.11 Citation: Kumar, L. (2024). Rock Music and The Political Scripting of Vietnam War: Reading Dispatches by Michael Herr. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.11 Abstract Projections regarding the Vietnam War were articulated through various forms of representation. In 1960s …
Affects of Resistance: Candomblé Rituals in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction
Author: Parvathi M. S., Independent Scholar, India Email: msparvathi1994@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.10 Citation: Parvathi M. S. (2024). Affects of Resistance: Candomblé Rituals in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.10 Abstract Collective rituals are representative and phenomenological sites of religious affects. These rituals counter colonial discourses, facilitating the interaction …
Apocalypse, Gothic and Rupturing of Societal Hierarchy: An Interpretation of Marxian Tendencies in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Author: Sanghamitra Ghatak, Brainware University, India Email: ghataksanghamitra7@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.09 Citation: Ghatak, S. (2024). Apocalypse, Gothic and Rupturing of Societal Hierarchy: An Interpretation of Marxian Tendencies in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.09 Abstract The assertion by Karl Marx that “there must be something rotten …
Liberation via Reliving the Suffering: A Study of August Wilson’s Monologues
Authors: Sumita, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, India Mayur Chhikara, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, India Email: 19001971001sumita@dcrustm.org Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.08 Citation: Sumita, & Chhikara, M. (2024). Liberation via Reliving the Suffering: A Study of August Wilson’s Monologues. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.08 Abstract …
From Painting to Picturebook: Bhajju Shyam’s Insider Indigenous Art
Author: Samarth Singhal, Indraprastha University, India Email: ssing167@ucr.edu Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.07 Citation: Singhal, S. (2024). From Painting to Picturebook: Bhajju Shyam’s Insider Indigenous Art. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.07 Abstract An outsider’s perspective has historically dominated representation of Indian Indigenous communities. Adivasi individuals have borne the brunt of primitivism encouraged …
Adivasi Marginality and the Vicissitudes of Violence in Rejina Marandi’s Becoming Me
Author: Sayan Chatterjee, Assam University, India Email: sayan.phd.2021@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.06 Citation: Chatterjee, S. (2024). Adivasi Marginality and the Vicissitudes of Violence in Rejina Marandi’s Becoming Me. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.06 Abstract Considered the earliest known inhabitants of the Indian sub-continent region, the Adivasis have been marginalized at the …
Interpreting the Erotic as An Agency: A Study of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood
Authors: Smaranika Chakraborty, North-Eastern Hill University, India Himangshu Sarma, Gauhati University, India Email: smaranikachakraborty279@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.05 Citation: Chakraborty, S., & Sarma, H. (2024). Interpreting the Erotic as An Agency: A Study of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.05 Abstract The primary aim of our study is …
Narrative Environment of Malgudi: Space, Autonomy, and Belonging
Authors: Gouthaman K J, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, India Nandini Pradeep J, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, India Email: gouthamanharipad@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.04 Citation: Gouthaman K J, & Pradeep J N, (2024). Narrative Environment of Malgudi: Space, Autonomy, and Belonging. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.04 Abstract A world, real or fictional, …
Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon
Authors: Mitali Mishra, University of Delhi, India Surbhi Saraswat, Amity University, India Email: mitalimishra@lsr.du.ac.in Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.03 Citation: Mishra, M., & Saraswat, S. (2024). Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.03 Abstract This paper examines the narrative The Lost …
Witchery as Tribal Primary Ethos: Negotiations and Resistance in Select Literary Representations
Authors: Saru Sachdeva, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, India Rekha Rani, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, India Email: humdcrust@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.02 Citation: Sachdeva, S., Rani, R. (2024). Witchery as Tribal Primary Ethos: Negotiations and Resistance in Select Literary Representations. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). …
Representation of Traumatic Memory in the Film Drishyam: A Barthesian Reading
Authors: Srilekha B. P., University of Madras, India V. Bharathi Harishankar, Avinashilingam University, India Email: srisuguna96@gmail.com Published: December 30, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.01 Citation: Srilekha, B. P., & Harishankar, V. B. (2024). Representation of Traumatic Memory in the Film Drishyam: A Barthesian Reading. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.01 Abstract Cinema has long served as …
Editor’s Introduction
Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities – Volume 11 – Issue 2 Dear readers, In this volume of the IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities, we explore a diverse range of topics within the humanities, engaging with issues of trauma, identity, power dynamics, and resistance through a variety of critical lenses. The …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 11 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 11 – Issue 2 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Hofstra University, New York, United States Published: December 30, 2024 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Editor, IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Articles Representation …
Editor’s Introduction
Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities – Volume 11 – Issue 1 Dear readers, I am delighted to present this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities, a publication intended to serve as a forum for outstanding research in the humanities. While we interpret the term in the broadest possible …
Absence as Resistance in Palestinian Speculative Fiction
Author: Netty Mattar, National University of Singapore Email: netster@mac.co Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.10 Citation: Mattar, N. (2024). Absence as Resistance in Palestinian Speculative Fiction. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.10 Abstract Palestinian identity is symbolic of the struggle against elimination, against becoming absent. The pervasive use of social media today has been …
Memory Dynamics in Small Acts of Freedom: A Hermannian Approach to Indian Female Sagas
Author: Swethal Ramchandran, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, India Email: lahtews@yahoo.co.in Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.09 Citation: Ramchandran, S. (2024). Memory Dynamics in Small Acts of Freedom: A Hermannian Approach to Indian Female Sagas. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.09 Abstract In literature, saga narratives stand out as a genre that closely follows …
Narrating Physical Diseases in the Malayan Landscape: Hugh Clifford’s “A Daughter of the Muhammadans”
Author: Tejash Kumar Singh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Email: tejash.singh@ntu.edu.sg Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.08 Citation: Singh, T. K. (2024). Narrating Physical Diseases in the Malayan Landscape: Hugh Clifford’s “A Daughter of the Muhammadans”. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.08 Abstract Diseases such as SARS, Ebola, Covid-19, and many others have swept across …
Subverting the Gendered Narratives: Defiance in Mary Kom’s Unbreakable: An Autobiography
Authors: Abish Jebeshy, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India A Selvam, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India Email: abishjebeshy101@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.07 Citation: Jebeshy, A. (2024). Subverting the Gendered Narratives: Defiance in Mary Kom’s Unbreakable: An Autobiography. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.07 Abstract Sport studies often examine the association between …
Writings from Under the Mushroom Cloud: Atomic Bomb Literature as a Literature of Atrocity
Author: Atisha Rai, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Bowrampet, Hyderabad, India Email: atisha.rai31@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.06 Citation: Rai, A. (2024). Writings from Under the Mushroom Cloud: Atomic Bomb Literature as a Literature of Atrocity. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.06 Abstract Atomic bomb literature comprises texts that emerged out of the bombings …
Reading through the “Coloured Canvas”: Unveiling Cultural Graphics in Indian Mythological Graphic Novels
Authors: Raveena Prakasan, Amrita School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Edappally, Kochi, India M G Priya, Amrita School of Arts, Humanities and Commerce, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Edappally, Kochi, India Email: raveenaprakasan@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.05 Citation: Prakasan, R., & Priya, M G (2024). “Let Me In”: Reading through the “Coloured Canvas”: …
“Let Me In”: Analyzing the Firefly Funhouse Match (2020)
Authors: Kunal Debnath, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Nagendra Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Email: kunal_d@hs.iitr.ac.in Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.04 Citation: Debnath, K., & Kumar, N. (2024). “Let Me In”: Analyzing the Firefly Funhouse Match (2020). IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.04 Abstract The Firefly Funhouse Match is a …
Decoding Sense of Place and Contested Cultural Landscapes in Select Manipuri Poems
Author: Remya R, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, India Email: remya.r@res.christuniversity.in Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.03 Citation: R, Remya. (2024). Decoding Sense of Place and Contested Cultural Landscapes in Select Manipuri Poems. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.03 Abstract More often than not, a foregrounded physical landscape has the effect, intended …
Voicing Palestinian Outrage in Rafeef Ziadah’s “We Teach Life, Sir”
Authors: Basila Maisoon, Farook College (Autonomous), University of Calicut, India Hashmina Habeeb, Farook College (Autonomous), University of Calicut, India Email: basila@farookcollege.ac Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.02 Citation: Maisoon, B., & Habeeb, H. (2024). Voicing Palestinian Outrage in Rafeef Ziadah’s “We Teach Life, Sir”. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.02 Abstract Historically, protest has …
Ideological Conflict and Perpetrators’ Trauma in the Works of Haruki Murakami
Author: Anisur Rahman, Gauhati University, India Email: ansrhmn123@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2024 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.01 Citation: Rahman, A. (2024). Ideological Conflict and Perpetrators’ Trauma in the Works of Haruki Murakami. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1.01 Abstract PITS (Perpetration-induced Trauma Stress) or perpetrator trauma is a form of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a subject …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 11 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 11 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Hofstra University, New York, United States Published: August 16, 2024 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Editor, IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Articles Ideological …
Editor’s Introduction
Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities – Volume 10 – Issue 1 Dear readers, In line with established tradition, this volume represents our continuing endeavour to unfurl the vast tapestry of the arts and humanities in a profound, inclusive, and illuminating manner. Herein we embark upon an expedition to find the new …
U.S. Civil War Redux? A Prevue
Author: Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Email: publications@iafor.org Published: August 16, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.13 Citation: García-Osuna, A. J. (2023). U.S. Civil War Redux? A Prevue IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.13 Abstract The thought that the United States could engage in a second civil war …
(Re)Visiting the Traumatised Indian Matriarch Through Contemporary Retellings: A Psycho-Cultural Exploration
Authors: Abhirami S, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India Smrutisikta Mishra, National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, India Email: en20d1001@nitpy.ac.in Published: August 16, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.12 Citation: S, A., & Mishra, S. (2023). (Re)Visiting the Traumatised Indian Matriarch Through Contemporary Retellings: A Psycho-Cultural Exploration. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.12 Abstract The Mahabharata (composed in …
The Significance of Colour Symbolisms in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber (1979)
Author: Ankita Sen, Presidency University, India Email: senankita534@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.11 Citation: Sen, A. (2023). The Significance of Colour Symbolisms in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber (1979). IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.11 Abstract The paper seeks to critically explore Angela Carter’s use of colour symbolisms in her short story “The …
Gardening as Activism: Cultivating Human Minds in A Gardener in Wasteland
Author: Arundhati Sen, Presidency University, India Email: senarundhati7@gmail.com Published: August 16, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.10 Citation: Sen, A. (2023). Gardening as Activism: Cultivating Human Minds in A Gardener in Wasteland. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.10.1.10 Abstract Jotiba Phule’s Gulamgiri (1873), which is widely translated as Slavery, equates casteism with slavery. His book carefully deconstructs …