IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 8 – Issue 2


IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 8 – Issue 2
Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China
Published: December 30, 2023
ISSN: 2187-4905
https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2


Editor's Introduction

Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Holger Briel, Editor-in-Chief, IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies


Articles

“Blame it on the Black Star”: Black Holes in Culture
Mario Rodriguez, American University in the Emirates

Blindness Challenging Melodrama in Your Eyes Tell (2020) and Blind Massage (2014)
Xinyi Wang, Nagoya University, Japan

Folklore Goes to War: Folksongs, Yangge and Storytelling in Communist Bases during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Selina Gao, Murray State University, USA

“Bacha Posh”: Gender Construct in Afghan Culture Examined through the Lens of Children in Literature
Ritika Banerjee, Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India
Sharon J, Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India

“Otherized” Migrants in Contemporary Australia: Reflections from Michael Ahmad’s The Tribe (2014)
Ait Idir Lahcen, Faculty of Letters, Mohammedia, Hassan II University, Morocco