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Now Published: Volume 8 – Issue 12 – IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

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 Dear Readers, If a few issues ago I had expressed the hope that there might be a let-up of crises for humanity in the

Welcome to Volume 8 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Dear Readers, If a few issues ago I had expressed the hope that there might be a let-up of crises for humanity in the cards, the last few months have taught us otherwise. If anything, existing crises have intensified or stretched to incorporate even more inhabitants of this planet. Besides the immeasurable pain and suffering

“Bacha Posh”: Gender Construct in Afghan Culture Examined through the Lens of Children in Literature

Authors: Ritika Banerjee, Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India Sharon J, Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India Email: Ritika.banerjee@res.christuniversity.in Published: December 30, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2.04 Citation: Banerjee, R., & J, S. (2023). “Bacha Posh”: Gender Construct in Afghan Culture Examined through the Lens of Children in Literature, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2.04 Abstract With the fall of

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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

Now Published: Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship

IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: November 24, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2 It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship.

Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship

It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is the eighth issue of the journal under my editorship (the 21st for

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A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines

Authors: Rajbir Samal, Indian Institute of Technology, India Binod Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, India Email: samalrajbir@gmail.com Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.02 Citation: Samal, R., & Mishra, B. (2023). A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.02 Abstract Widowhood, in Indian

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IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2

IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2 Chief Editor: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: November 24, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. Dr Bernard Montoneri, Chief Editor Articles Disemboweled Tradition in

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Cultural Expectations and Gendered Roles: Identity Formations in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland

Author: Damini Bhattacharya, University of Southampton, UK Email: d.bhattacharya117@gmail.com Published: December 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.2.05 Citation: Bhattacharya, D. (2022). Cultural Expectations and Gendered Roles: Identity Formations in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.2.05 Abstract Individual identities are not only a summation of one’s unique choices and experiences, but are also

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IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 2

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 2 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Published: December 31, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.2 Articles Is an Explanation a Reason? Paul Rastall, Independent Academic, UK Cartographies of Difference: Inventing Difference in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow

Welcome to Volume 7 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Dear Readers, As the COVID-19 crisis is apparently waning in many parts of the world, many felt that now is the time to attempt to return to that mythical status quo ante, only to find that that was hardly possibly anymore. The world had decided to move on and while some wealthier individuals were busily

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Assessing Practice Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching: The Role of Gender and Degree Programs in Competence Development

Authors: Manuel E. Caingcoy, College of Education, Bukidnon State University, Philippines Vivian Irish M. Lorenzo, College of Education, Bukidnon State University, Philippines, & Alumni Relations Office, Bukidnon State University, Philippines Iris April L. Ramirez, College of Education, Bukidnon State University, Philippines, & Quality Assurance Office, Bukidnon State University, Philippines Catherine D. Libertad, College of Education,

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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 7 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China Published: September 16, 2022 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.7.1 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 Articulation: Individuals

Editor’s Introduction

Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities – Volume 9 – Issue 1 Most of the authors that have contributed to this issue demonstrate a grounding on a critical model whose imprint on the major areas of humanist analysis is uncontested: feminist theory. Thus, several articles may seem to present similar types of

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Gender Roles and Perceptions: The Refugee Experience and Political Agency in Susan Abulhawa’s The Blue Between Sky and Water and Against the Loveless World

Author: Farhan Ahmad, Akal University, India Email: farhan_eng@auts.ac.in Published: July 29, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.04 Citation: Ahmad, F. (2022). Gender Roles and Perceptions: The Refugee Experience and Political Agency in Susan Abulhawa’s The Blue Between Sky and Water and Against the Loveless World. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.04 Abstract The present study analyses the

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Becoming a Man: Construction of the Somali Raganimo in Maps

Author: Sehnaz Rofique Saikia, Gauhati University, Assam, India Email: Sehnaz036@gmail.com Published: July 29, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.02 Citation: Saikia, S. R. (2022). Becoming a Man: Construction of the Somali Raganimo in Maps. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.02 Abstract In gender studies, the distinction between biological sex and the social aspect of gender is of

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IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Published: July 29, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1 Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Most of the authors that have contributed to

Women and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities

SMU-IRC Lecture | Women and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities

On June 29, IAFOR will be hosting a free online lecture titled “Women and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities” in collaboration with The IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University, and Singapore Management University (SMU). This event is organised as part of SMU’s “Thought Leadership Series”, organised by

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Self-Determination, Deviance, and Risk Factors

  Authors: Shyanna Albrecht, University of Saskatchewan, Canada David Mykota, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Email: david.mykota@usask.ca https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.7.1.05 Citation: Albrecht, S., & Mykota, D. (2021). Self-Determination, Deviance, and Risk Factors. IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.7.1.05 Abstract Deviant behaviours are a significant cost to Canadian society and can incur an immeasurable amount

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IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 7 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editors: Dr Sharo Shafaie & Dr Deborah G. Wooldridge Published: December 24, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0675 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.7.1 Articles Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: The Prisoners’ Voice in Malawi Samson C. R. Kajawo, University of Malawi, Malawi Fiction Reading and Empathy Capacity of Selected

Now Published: Special Issue of IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 6 – Special Issue: “Law as/and Culture: Reconfiguring Human Rights and Justice” Guest Editor: John Nguyet Erni, Hong Kong Baptist University Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: January 22, 2021 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.SI From the Editor Dear Readers, This special issue mainly grew out of an advanced

Welcome to the 2021 Special Issue of IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Law as/and Culture: Reconfiguring Human Rights and Justice Dear Readers, This special issue mainly grew out of an advanced seminar on Cultural Studies that I guest-taught at the National University of Singapore in 2018, where there has been a long-time engagement with interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the field of Cultural Studies through NUS’s Asian

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A Quest for “Justice” in Capital Punishment: A Socio-Legal Study of the Nirbhaya Gangrape Case

Author: Samra Irfan, National University of Singapore Email: samrairfan@u.nus.edu Published: January 22, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.SI.07 Citation: Irfan, S. (2021). A Quest for “Justice” in Capital Punishment: A Socio-Legal Study of the Nirbhaya Gangrape Case. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 6(SI). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.SI.07 Abstract The December 16, 2012 gang rape case in India’s capital ignited fierce discussion on

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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 6 – Special Issue

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 6 – Special Issue: “Law as/and Culture: Reconfiguring Human Rights and Justice” Guest Editor: John Nguyet Erni, Hong Kong Baptist University Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: January 22, 2021 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.SI Editor’s Introduction Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies – Volume 6 –

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Selected Bollywood Films as Sites of LGBTQ Contestation, Assertion and Cultural Disruption

Author: Sumati, PG Govt. College for Girls, India Email: sumati05@gmail.com Published: September 14, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijmcf.7.1.03 Citation: Sumati (2020). Selected Bollywood Films as Sites of LGBTQ Contestation, Assertion and Cultural Disruption. IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijmcf.7.1.03 Abstract Films function both as forms of cultural production as well as systems of representation and

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Welcome to Volume 7 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film

The IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film (JMCF) is associated with IAFOR’s MediAsia, FilmAsia and EuroMedia annual conferences. JMCF is committed to publishing peer-reviewed scholarship that explores the relationship between society, film and media – including new and digital media, as well as to giving a voice to scholars whose work explores hitherto unexamined

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Welcome to Volume 5 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Dear Readers, Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, whose publication coincides with the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. At first, during late January and early February 2020, the world breathlessly stared at China, fascinated by the ill fate that had befallen its populace, deemed to be far removed from the

“A New and Curious Route to Cairo” – World’s Fairs and the Stereotyping of the Middle East (1851–1893)

Author: Holly O’Farrell, University of Limerick, Ireland Email: holly.ofarrell@ul.ie Published: April 4, 2020 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.5.1.04 Citation: O’Farrell, H. (2020). “A New and Curious Route to Cairo” – World’s Fairs and the Stereotyping of the Middle East (1851–1893). IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.5.1.04 Abstract This paper looks at the exhibiting of Middle Eastern cultures in

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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 5 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 5 – Issue 1 Editor: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: April 4, 2020 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.5.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, whose publication coincides with the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. Holger Briel, Editor-in-Chief, IAFOR Journal of Cultural

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Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017)

Author: Nurayn Fola Alimi, University of Lagos, Nigeria Email: fnurayn@unilag.edu.ng Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.01 Citation: Alimi, N. F. (2019). Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017). IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.01 Abstract “Sexuality” and “gender” are two cultural indexes regarded by gender and culture