PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN INDIAN MEDIA Subhas Singha Roy Assistant Professor‚ Department of Political Science Chandidas Mahavidyalaya P.O. Khujutipara‚ District- Birbhum‚West Bengal‚ India [Affiliated to University of Burdwan] Website:http://chandidasmahavidyalaya.org Email: subhasbabu73@gmail.com/ mainakbabu_2006@rediffmail.com “….the language of advertisements is more about the consumer than the object to be consumed.” Abstract: This is an attempt to understand the underlying logic of representing
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The Role and Responsibility of a Centralized Government of Control The birth and origin of a centralized government of control‚ or simply‚ a force that embraces as one‚ a body of living things and maintains stability and order within them can be stretched back to the earliest days of man. As Jean-Jacques Rousseau states in The Origin of Civil Society‚ “the earliest [and still intact] form of government is the family” (59)‚ where the
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films are directed by American. This perspective might be concerned with American Imperialism. This is because the above mentioned contrastive representations of United States and Latin America might be understood as a part of America’s cultural hegemony. America creates the image of United States and Latin America‚ most significantly‚ from the American point of view‚ and emphasises the political‚
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The word discourse originates from the french word “discours” which refers to speech and dialogue. This‚ linked with “discursus” in Latin which means to “run around”‚ means we can take literally that discourse means “to run around speech” or in other words‚ to assess speech in all aspects. There are many varying meanings of the word “discourse” written by theorists and literary writers. These meanings all overlap in areas and provide several alternative meanings of the broad term. Despite being
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Examine some of the ways in which Marxists explain crime Marxist theories of crime‚ including the more recent neo-Marxist theories‚ are conflict approaches. They see society based on conflict between social classes‚ and social inequality caused by capitalism as the driving force behind crime. One way that Marxists explain crime is through the law. Marxists argue that the law functions to reinforce the ideology of society – the power of the ruling class over the working class. Many laws can be seen
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CLASSICAL THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FUNCTIONALISM CONFLICT THEORY SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM 2 POST-STRUCTURALISM SOCIOLOGY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SUMMARY KEY TERMS TEST YOURSELF CONCEPT MAPS FROM EUROPE TO NORTH AMERICA: module 3 OF HEGEMONY FEMINIST THEORIES WHAT MAKES YOU‚ YOU? ENGAGING THE module 2 CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL Leland Bobbe/Getty Images A Day in the Life: Seeing the World Like a Sociologist To a sociologist‚ everything people do is fascinating. Have you ever
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Anne Norton’s work on representation demonstrates the importance of an attunement to the contexts in which political ideas circulate. She translates key tenets of American liberalism into everyday practices like eating‚ dressing‚ and shopping. Such practices enact assumptions that freedom means choice and that people represent themselves and exercise authority when they choose freely. By contexualizing liberalism in quotidian activities‚ moreover‚ Norton draws out the way these activities challenge
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instrument to give political messages‚ the playwright performed his plays at non-theatre buildings such as working-men clubs‚ pubs‚ village halls and community centres. Having been influenced by some political thinkers of the left such as Antonio Gramsci‚ Rosa Luxemburg and Mao Tse Tung‚ McGrath grew interest in the social and political atmosphere of the late 1960s ( Holdsworth‚ 2002: xv) and went to Paris during the revolts of May 1968. These revolts made important marks on him and the playwright
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Module: Sociology (access to H.E.) SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (unit 2) Learning outcomes: 1. Understand the nature of sociological theory and the ways in which sociological theories can be evaluated 2. Discuss the origins of sociological theory and the work of three major 19th century theorists 3. Critically evaluate the work of the four major schools of thought that developed during the 20th century and understand the meaning of key concepts within each theory Assessment criteria: 1.1
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Assess the sociological argument and evidence to support the claim that religion is a source of division rather than harmony in society. Conflict theorists would argue that organized religion‚ though originally created to fulfil basic human needs‚ has distorted into an organization with one purpose that is to preserve the power centre. Conflict theorists also assert that religion operates to preserve the wealthy and the powerful in their privileged positions‚ agreeing this Functionalist’s viewpoint
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