Tag: history
Mapping the Motif of the Wandering Jew in Salim Kumar’s Karutha Joothan
Authors: Jeslin Mery John, St Thomas College, India Asha Susan Jacob, St Thomas College, India Email: jeslinmery@gmail.com Published: December 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.2.03 Citation: John, J. M., & Jacob, A. S. (2022). Mapping the Motif of the Wandering Jew in Salim Kumar’s Karutha Joothan. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.2.03 Abstract The motif of …
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 …
Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis: A Testimony to Life in the Margins
Authors: Subin T. Daniel, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India Binod Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India Email: stdaniel@hs.iitr.ac.in Published: February 4, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2.05 Citation: Daniel, S. T., & Mishra, B. (2021). Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis: A Testimony to Life in the Margins. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2.05 Abstract Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis …
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 8 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 8 – Issue 2 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Published: February 4, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2 Articles Resilience in Times of Need Jytte Holmqvist, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom Hemingway and Mussolini: A Study in Contrasts …
Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 10 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is already the fourth issue of the journal I have edited; once more …
Mapping Spaces, Identities, and Ideologies in The Parisian (2019)
Author: Fadwa Kamal Abdel Rahman, Ain Shams University, Egypt Published: July 28, 2021 Email: fabdelrahman@yahoo.com https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.07 Citation: Rahman, F. K. A. (2021). Mapping Spaces, Identities, and Ideologies in The Parisian (2019). IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.07 Abstract The Parisian (2019) is Isabella Hammad’s debut novel. It provides a dynamic spatial representation of …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle, Australia Published: July 28, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles Plastic (in) Paradise: Karen …
The Politics of Space and Heterotopia in the Works of W. G. Sebald
Author: Richa Gupta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India Email: rcha.gupta@gmail.com Published: December 24, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.03 Citation: Gupta, R. (2019). The Politics of Space and Heterotopia in the Works of W. G. Sebald. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1.03 Abstract This paper will attempt to read how history and space are informed …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 8 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 8 – Issue 1 Editor: Bernard Montoneri, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Published: December 24, 2019 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.8.1 Articles Negotiating Identity: Sexuality and Gender in Olumide Popoola’s When We Speak of Nothing (2017) Nurayn Fola Alimi Riding the Centaur Metaphor from Past to Present: Myth, Constellation and …
Historicizing Martial Arts Cinema in Postcolonial Hong Kong: The Ip Man Narratives
Author: Jing Yang, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Email: publications@iafor.org Published: December 9, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.4.2.04 Citation: Yang, J. (2019). Historicizing Martial Arts Cinema in Postcolonial Hong Kong: The Ip Man Narratives. IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.4.2.04 Abstract The surge of Hong Kong martial arts films in the new millennium transformed the classic …
The Audience’s Cognitive Attitude to Nollywood Films’ Representation of Pre-Colonial South-East Nigeria
Authors: Kate Azuka Omenugha, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria Nelson Obinna Omenugha, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Henry Chigozie Duru, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria Email: komenugha@gmail.com Published: December 9, 2019 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.4.2.03 Citation: Omenugha, K. A., Omenugha, N. O., & Dura, H. C. (2019). The Audience’s Cognitive Attitude to Nollywood Films’ Representation of Pre-Colonial South-East Nigeria. IAFOR Journal …
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 4 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 4 – Issue 2 Editor: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: December 9, 2019 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.4.2 Articles An Assessment of Destination Image and Factors Responsible for Perceived Customer Value of Osun Osogbo Grove, World Heritage Site, Osun State, Nigeria Bola Olusola Adeleke, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria …
The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles
Author: Halia Koo Email: hkoo@mun.ca Published: December 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.02 Citation: Koo, H. (2018). The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1.02 Abstract The Japanese Chronicles is a travel narrative by Swiss writer Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998), who uses a …
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 7 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editor: Richard Donovan, Kansai University, Japan Published: December 1, 2018 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.7.1 Articles British Romanticism in China: Revised in Reception Li Ou The (Hi)story of the Encounter: The Historical and the Personal in Nicolas Bouvier’s The Japanese Chronicles Halia Koo Marguerite Yourcenar, from …
Interdisciplinary Working Relationships of Health Care Staff in Late 20th Century Britain: A Cultural Study of Practices from the Past and Implications for the Present
Authors: Angela Turner-Wilson, Bournemouth University, UK Richard Fisher, Bournemouth University, UK Holly Crossen-White, Bournemouth University, UK Ann Hemingway, Bournemouth University, UK Email: aturnerwilson@bournemouth.ac.uk Published: November 12, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.3.2.02 Citation: Turner-Wilson, A., Fisher, R., Crossen-White, H., Hemingway, A. (2018). Interdisciplinary Working Relationships of Health Care Staff in Late 20th Century Britain: A Cultural Study of Practices …
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 3 – Issue 2
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 3 – Issue 2 Editor: Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Published: November 12, 2018 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.3.2 Articles Challenging the Mythical Boer Hero Archetype in Anglo-Boer War Short Films Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Interdisciplinary Working Relationships of Health Care Staff in Late …
Revolution, Forgery and The Failures of Historical Materialism: Reconsidering Walter Benjamin’s “Theses on the Philosophy of History” through Mao Dun’s Early Fiction
Author: Aleksander Sedzielarz, University of Minnesota, USA Email: sedzi002@umn.edum Published: October 29, 2018 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijas.4.1.02 Citation: Sedzielarz, A. (2018). Revolution, Forgery and The Failures of Historical Materialism: Reconsidering Walter Benjamin’s “Theses on the Philosophy of History” through Mao Dun’s Early Fiction. IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijas.4.1.02 Abstract The story “Stone Tablet” (1930), written by …
IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies: Volume 4 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies: Volume 4 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Seiko Yasumoto, University of Sydney, Australia Published: October 29, 2018 ISSN: 2187-6037 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijas.4.1 Articles Ethnicity in South Asia: The Sri Lankan Context Rajkumar Singh, B.N. Mandal University, India Revolution, Forgery and The Failures of Historical Materialism: Reconsidering Walter Benjamin’s “Theses on the Philosophy …
Different Histories, Different Narratives: ICT Uses As “Habitus”?
Author: Angeliki Monnier, University of Lorraine, France Email: angeliki.monnier@univ-lorraine.fr Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.04 Citation: Monnier, A. (2017). Different Histories, Different Narratives: ICT Uses As “Habitus”? IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.04 Abstract History forms narratives, narratives form media uses? The present paper formulates a theoretical proposal, that of considering the uses of …
Representation of History in the Indian Graphic Novel: An Analytical Study of History through the Frame of Graphic Narratives
Author: Antarleena Basu, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad, India Email: Antrleena@gmail.com Published: December 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.03 Citation: Basu, A. (2017). Representation of History in the Indian Graphic Novel: An Analytical Study of History through the Frame of Graphic Narratives. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.4.2.03 Abstract In this research paper I attempt to …