IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) e-ISSN : 2279-0837‚ p-ISSN : 2279-0845 PP 34-36 www.iosrjournals.org Socio cultural factors in the play of Wole Soyinka’s the Lion and the Jewel and Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana: a Comparative Study K. Saravanan‚ PhD Research Scholar‚ Government Arts College‚ Coimbatore I. Introduction The word ―culture‖ itself is so difficult to pin down; ―cultural studies‖ is hard to define. According to Elaine Showalter ―cultural is a model of feminine
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CHANGE OVER TIME THEME COMPARISON BY REGION: GENDER STRUCTURES REGIONS Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods Foundations 4500 BCE To 600 CE Post-Classical 600 – 1450 CE Early Modern 1450 – 1750 CE Modern 1750 – 1914 CE Contemporary 1914 - Present SOUTHWEST ASIA Paleolithic Societies: Generalized gender equality. Women gathered but they often did hunt. Women could be leaders and sat in council. Men/women both raised children and provide for the social groups as life was subsistence. Neolithic
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Intrigued‚ the male decided to take the array of colors to look at in better lighting. Deciding 26 Sita was late enough‚ he headed back to his room to get some rest. After Shujin had managed to eat what little his stomach could stand‚ he walked slowly towards his room‚ worrying over what he was going to say to Moritani. It was far too late for anybody
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6.2. Kolkata – Sonagachi Sonagachi‚ the biggest red-light area in Kolkata‚ India. Sonagachi‚ deciphered as Golden Tree‚ has a few hundred multistory brothels worked in the winding paths and is home to exactly 10‚000 sex workers. The place got comprehensively known‚ when an American narrative film‚ ’Naturally introduced to Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids’ won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2004. UNODC talked with Munni‚ sixteen years of age‚ who shares how she was trafficked‚ made
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INTRODUCTION “ Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer--into a selflessness which links us with all humanity ” Scholars believe that in ancient India‚ the women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. However‚ some others hold contrasting views. Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period Rigvedic verses suggest that the women married at a mature age and were probably
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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Bharat‚ India And Nature By Sandeep Singh‚ February 2013 [sandeepconsultant@gmail.com] * 1 Chapter : In recent times the nation has witnessed a debate on ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’. The word “Bharat” has been essentially used by marketers to define rural India and unfortunately‚ this is the only language understood by most in media. However‚ for the rest‚ ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’ represent a cultural difference. The difference of ‘East and West’ has become difference of ‘Bharat and India’ or to a great
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187 MEDIA‚ DIASPORA AND GENDER IDENTITY IN NATIONALISTIC SPACES: NEGOTIATING GENDER IN DIASPORIC CULTURAL AND LITERARY SPACES. Baby Pushpa Sinha* Lalan Kishore Singh** This paper endeavors to study gender identity in the framework of the ideology of nationalism and its projections in media and literary texts. It analyses how masculinity and nationalism have always been parallel discourses in its exclusion or subordination of feminine roles in the constructions of the nation whether through its media
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100 TRICKS OF CORRECTION OF SENTENCES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR ALL EXAMS BY DAS SIR ‚KOLKATA(09038870684) A. SUBJECT - VERB AGREEMENT 1 . Two or more Singular Subjects connected by and usually take a Verb in the Plural. For example‚ Incorrect- Hari and Ram is here. Correct- Hari and Ram are here. 2. If two Singular Nouns refer to the same person or thing‚ the Verb must be Singular. Incorrect- The Secretary and Principal are coming. Correct- The Secretary and Principal is coming. (Here the same person
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World Religions Hinduism Hinduism is a way of life‚ not a particular belief system. Hinduism‚ also known as Santana Dharma‚ is a set of traditions and beliefs that have developed over many centuries. Dharma embraces duty‚ natural law‚ social welfare‚ ethics‚ health‚ and ideal realization. The foundations of Santana Dharma are the Vedas and Upanishads; the sacred texts of Hinduism. “Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder
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