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Mémoire collective, mésomémoire et caprification mémorielle dans Hotaru d’Aki Shimazaki
No full textCette étude se concentre sur Hutaru, cinquième volet de la saga Le poids du secret, écrit par l’écrivaine québécoise d’origine japonaise Aki Shimazaki. Le roman explore la thématique du traumatisme intergénérationnel. Pour libérer la mémoire des chaînes de l’amnésie, la narration prend la forme d’une caprification, un procédé propre à la botanique que l’auteure utilise pour établir des connexions mnémoniques et combler les vides laissés par l’oubli traumatique. De cette manière, l’auteure crée une mémoire solidaire et combattante, une mésomémoire qui s’oppose à la fragmentation et résiste aux forces de la fixité et d’homogénéité. Dans l’univers diégétique du roman, la mégamémoire du drame atomique vécu par les Japonais s’harmonise avec les heurts et malheurs de la vie quotidienne, créant un lieu où la diversité est célébrée et où la résilience triomphe
Les chantefables dans l’assiette et au-delà : Ethnanalyse des mets circonstanciels en socioculture eton au Cameroun
No full textDéfinie comme récit de faits, d’aventures imaginaires ou fictives présentées comme véridiques, alternant de la prose récitée et des vers chantés, contenant une moralité et à forte connotation pédagogique, la chantefable, composante de l’oralité africaine, regorge ou subsume des thèmes aussi divers que variés, allant de la mort à la vie, de l’amour à la pauvreté, de la discrimination sociale à la sorcellerie, de l’égoïsme à la cruauté en passant par les abus de pouvoir, la liste étant loin d’être exhaustive. Le mets, fût-il quotidien ou circonstanciel, loin de s’exclure de cet ensemble littéraire, l’enrichit davantage en se déployant de diverses façons. Le présent article se penche sur les systèmes de représentation des mets circonstanciels dans la socioculture eton de l’aire culturelle beti du Cameroun, dans l’optique de voir comment le rapport entre l’aliment, les normes et pratiques sociales, est pris en charge au niveau du conçu, du vécu et du pensé dudit peuple
Dance as Revolution: Exploring Prisoner Agency Through Arts-based Methods
No full textCarceral spaces such as prisons are designed to restrict freedoms and keep inhabitants confined and under surveillance through various mechanisms. As a result, prisons are spaces where movement is restricted through confinement, while prisoners’ ability to move is conflated with freedom. We aim to move beyond this dichotomy and consider a complex rethinking of the body in criminological theory and practice through dance in carceral space. In doing so, we explore under what conditions movement represents agentic practices. Understanding these nuances requires an interrogation of prisoner agency, including prisoners’ subtle maneuverability of power dynamics within the prison. We explore these dynamics using feminist and arts-based methods, specifically dance workshops delivered to twenty participants incarcerated in a Canadian provincial women’s prison. We find that movement and expression in prison may create moments of agentic freedom for incarcerated women under certain conditions. We argue that more nuanced understandings of incarcerated women’s agency can be found in their daily negotiations of time and space, and movement can provide numerous meanings. Our findings suggest arts-based approaches within prison environments create opportunities for women to express their identity and sexuality through movement in ways otherwise not permitted in prison. For many incarcerated women in this study, this sense of freedom may be associated with the ability to focus and take care of themselves while confined
Farm Work, Migration and the Diverse Forms of Struggle for Social Justice (Editors\u27 Introduction)
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Rallying Around the Flags: The Music of the American Civil War
No full textThis paper deals with four of the most popular songs from the American Civil War: “Dixie’s Land,” “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and “The Battle Cry of Freedom.” The Civil War was a time in American history when propaganda was produced at a high rate, with these four songs being some of the most enduring examples. By looking at the history of these songs, as well as the content of the lyrics, insights into the mindsets of both the North and the South can be gleaned. In particular, by looking at the covers of the songs, it is possible to understand more about the creators of these parodies. By the end of this paper, differences in mindset between the North and the South will become apparent
Media and Majesty: Tradition and Television in the Coronation of Elizabeth II
No full textThe relationship between media and the British monarchy is one that dominates the institution in its modern form. An important chapter in this relationship was the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the first ever to be televised. Despite being a key cultural figure in most Britons’ lives, scholars have only begun to critically historicize the late Queen alongside the events she ruled over. This article contributes to conversations about the historical significance of the monarch by analysing the planning of her coronation, the themes invoked within the event itself, and public response to the event. It does so by situating the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a principal force in mobilizing themes of social unity, mediated intimacy, the ‘magic’ of monarchy, and the Queen as a feminized maternal figure to reify monarchist, conservative, and colonial ideas. Ultimately, the BBC mobilized new technologies to uphold traditional, historical ideas about the role of the monarchy, in a period of imperial dissolution and waning British prestige
