IAFOR Journal Category: IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 7 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García Osuna, Hofstra University and The City University of New York, Kingsborough, USA Published: June 06, 2020 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.7.1 Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities The articles herein demonstrate resilience and strength …

Editor’s Essay: Three Pigs and Some Goats
Author: Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Hofstra University, USA Email: ijah@iafor.org Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.11 Citation: García-Osuna, A. J. (2019). Editor’s Essay: Three Pigs and Some Goats. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.11

Memento Mori: A Positive and Contemporary Reflection Through Visual Art on a Life Spent Well
Author: Debbie Walter, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Australia Email: debdesignwalter@gmail.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.10 Citation: Walter, D. (2019). Memento Mori: A Positive and Contemporary Reflection Through Visual Art on a Life Spent Well. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.10 Abstract “Memento mori”, a Latin phrase meaning “remember you must die”, is generally …

The Role of Anxiety and Anger in Wole Soyinka’s Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known
Author: Charles Alex Patrick, Samuel Adegboyega University, Nigeria Email: charlespatrick282@gmail.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.09 Citation: Patrick, C. A. (2019). The Role of Anxiety and Anger in Wole Soyinka’s Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.9 Abstract This is an examination of Wole Soyinka’s collection of poems …

A Multimodal Discourse Study of some Online Campaign Cartoons of Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election
Author: C. F. Akpati, Samuel Adegboyega University, Nigeria Email: akpatichibuzor@yahoo.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.07 Citation: Akpati, C. F. (2019). A Multimodal Discourse Study of some Online Campaign Cartoons of Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.07 Abstract This paper analyses different patterns of verbal and nonverbal meaning-making strategies in …

Women in Film Time: Forty Years of the Alien Series (1979–2019)
Author: Susan George, University of Delhi, India Email: george@jmc.du.ac.in Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.06 Citation: George, S. (2019). Women in Film Time: Forty Years of the Alien Series (1979–2019). IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.06 Abstract Cultural theorists have had much to read into the Alien science fiction film series, with assessments that …

Awareness and Usage of Social Media by Undergraduates in Selected Universities in Ogun State
Authors: Olubunmi Adekonojo, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria B. A. Ajiboye, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria T. D. Adekonojo, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria Email: bunmiade16@gmail.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.05 Citation: Adekonojo, O., Ajiboye, B. A. & Adekonojo, T. D. (2019). Awareness and Usage of Social Media by Undergraduates in Selected Universities in Ogun …

The “God, Where Art Thou?” Theme in the Literary Works of Auschwitz Survivors Ka-Tsetnik, Primo Levi and Elie Wiese
Author: Lily Halpert Zamir, David Yellin Academic College of Education, Israel Email: lilyzami@gmail.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.04 Citation: Halpert Zamir, L. (2019). The “God, Where Art Thou?” Theme in the Literary Works of Auschwitz Survivors Ka-Tsetnik, Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.04 Abstract This paper focuses on …

Naderi’s The Runner: A Cinema of Hope Amidst Despair
Author: K. Neethu Tilakan, Sree Kerala Varma College, India Email: neethutilakan@yahoo.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.03 Citation: Neethu Tilakan, K. (2019). Naderi’s The Runner: A Cinema of Hope Amidst Despair. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.03 Abstract This article aims to read the film The Runner, by the critically acclaimed Iranian Director Amir …

From Anti-hero to Commodity: The Legacy of Kurt Cobain
Authors: Paul Ziek, Pace University, USA Mirjana Pantic, Pace University, USA Email: pziek@pace.edu Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.02 Citation: Ziek, M. & Pantic, M. (2019). From Anti-hero to Commodity: The Legacy of Kurt Cobain. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.02 Abstract April 8, 2019, marked the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. Since …

The Philological Impact of Biblical Hebrew on the English Language
Author: Gloria Wiederkehr-Pollack, City University of New York, USA Email: Gloria.pollack@icloud.com Published: November 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.01 Citation: Wiederkehr-Pollack, G. (2019). The Philological Impact of Biblical Hebrew on the English Language. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.2.01 Abstract This study focuses on the extensive but unacknowledged influence of biblical Hebrew on Western languages, especially …

Editor’s Essay: The Return of the Nation
Author: Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Hofstra University, USA Email: ijah@iafor.org Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.10 Citation: García-Osuna, A. J. (2019). Editor’s Essay: The Return of the Nation. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.10

Memories and Mindscapes: An Intertextual Study of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood
Author: Edilberto C. Cruz, Al Musanna College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman Email: ruzedil@yahoo.com Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.07 Citation: Cruz, E. C. (2019). Memories and Mindscapes: An Intertextual Study of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.07 Abstract This study focuses on obligatory and optional intertextualities that are discernible …

Reintroducing Aliguyon Using Vogler’s Adaptation of the Monomyth Through a Game Development
Authors: Trisha Marie Cajita, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Dana Isabelle Campos, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Gabrielle Villapando, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Lorenzo Gutierrez, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Jeyson Taeza, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Email: jeyson.taeza@dlsu.edu.ph Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.08 Citation: Cajita, T. M., Campos, …

Colonial Administrative Integration of African Territories: Identity and Resistance in Nigeria’s Southern Cameroons, 1922–1961
Author: Reymond Njingti Budi, The University of Bamenda, Cameroon Email: budzi54@yahoo.com Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.09 Citation: Budi, R. N. (2019). Colonial Administrative Integration of African Territories: Identity and Resistance in Nigeria’s Southern Cameroons, 1922–1961. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.09 Abstract British administrative policy in Africa, and particularly in Cameroon, was generally …

Ernest Hemingway and His Unconventional Role in World War II
Author: Anders Greenspan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA Email: historianag@yahoo.com Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.06 Citation: Greenspan, A. (2019). Ernest Hemingway and His Unconventional Role in World War II. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.06 Abstract While Ernest Hemingway is often viewed as one of the United States’ greatest writers, the heterogeneous features of …

Physical Reality, Language, and the Cinderella Problem
Author: Paul Rastall, independent scholar, UK Email: paul.rastall@googlemail.com Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.05 Citation: Rastall, P. (2019). Physical Reality, Language, and the Cinderella Problem. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.05 Abstract This article identifies, and explores the nature of, a number of “explanatory gaps” between our conception of physical reality and our cultural …

A Mechanism Linking Discrimination, Conflict, and Switching Behaviour in Bicultural Individuals
Authors: JungHui Lee, Kanagawa Dental University Yokosuka, Japan Tomoko Tanaka, Okayama University, Japan Email: kdukairos@yahoo.co.jp Published: June 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.04 Citation: Lee, J., & Tanaka, T. (2019). A Mechanism Linking Discrimination, Conflict, and Switching Behaviour in Bicultural Individuals. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.04 Abstract This study focuses on the switching behaviour exhibited …

“I am Guarding it from Mess and Measure”: Poetics of Order/Disorder in Frank O’Hara’s “Urban Pastoral”
Author: Ikram Hili, University of Monastir, Tunisia, and Laboratory on Approaches to Discourse, Faculty of Letters and Humanities of Sfax, Tunisia Email: kram_hili@hotmail.com Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.03 Citation: Hili, I. (2019). “I am Guarding it from Mess and Measure”: Poetics of Order/Disorder in Frank O’Hara’s “Urban Pastoral”. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). …

The Framework of Subjectivity as Object of Consciousness in the Question of Personal Duties and Rights
Authors: Do Kien Trung, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Bui Van Mua, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Email: bvmua@ueh.edu.vn Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.02 Citation: Trung, D. K., & Mua, V. M. (2019). The Framework of Subjectivity as Object of Consciousness in the Question of Personal Duties and Rights. …

Alternative Facts: The Shifting Realities of Community, Media and Public Opinion
Author: Mark Lukasiewicz, Hofstra University, USA Email: ijah@iafor.org Published: June 26, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.01 Citation: Lukasiewicz, M. (2019). Alternative Facts: The Shifting Realities of Community, Media and Public Opinion. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1.01 Abstract Mark Lukasiewicz’s Keynote Address, delivered in November 2018 at The IAFOR Conference on Heritage & the City – …

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 6 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 6 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García Osuna, Hofstra University, United States of America Published: June 26, 2019 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.6.1 Articles Alternative Facts: The Shifting Realities of Community, Media and Public Opinion Mark Lukasiewicz, Hofstra University, USA The Framework of Subjectivity as Object of Consciousness …

Editor’s Essay: Good-bye Homo Sapiens
Author: Alfonso J. García-Osuna, Hofstra University, USA Email: ijah@iafor.org Published: November 2, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.07 Citation: García-Osuna, A. J. (2018). Editor’s Essay: Good-bye Homo Sapiens. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.07

Classic Rock in the Year of Revolt: Using the Illusion of Life to Examine the Hits of 1968
Author: Thomas G. Endres, University of Northern Colorado, USA Email: thomas.endres@unco.edu Published: November 2, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.08 Citation: Endres, T. G. (2018). Classic Rock in the Year of Revolt: Using the Illusion of Life to Examine the Hits of 1968. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.08 Abstract This is not the first generation facing …

8½ and the Pitfalls of the Remake
Author: Alyssa Acierno, Hofstra University, Hempstead, USA Email: aaaci13@gmail.com Published: November 2, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.06 Citation: Acierno, A. (2018). 8½ and the Pitfalls of the Remake. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.06 Abstract This article seeks to provide an archetypal instance of the problematic phenomenon of film remaking. In analyzing Fellini’s 8½ and Marshall’s …

Language and Cultural Identity in Postcolonial African Literature: The Case of Translating Buchi Emecheta into Spanish
Author: Isabel Pascua Febles, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Email: isabel.pascua@ulpgc.es Published: November 2, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.05 Citation: Febles, I. P. (2018). Language and Cultural Identity in Postcolonial African Literature: The Case of Translating Buchi Emecheta into Spanish. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.05 Abstract This article aims to make a …

Tayeb Salih and Modernism’s Season of Migration to the South
Authors: Isra Daraiseh, Arab Open University, Kuwait M. Keith Booker, University of Arkansas, USA Email: m.keith.booker@gmail.com Published: November 2, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.04 Citation: Daraiseh, I., & Booker, M. K. (2018). Tayeb Salih and Modernism’s Season of Migration to the South. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.5.2.04 Abstract Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the …