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Cinematic Narrative of Disability in Post Independent India: A Case Study of Mother India
Get PDFJenny Morris argues that cultural representations of disability mostly center on the feelings of the non-disabled and their reactions to disability, instead of focusing on the disability itself. Addressing Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957), a movie based on an agrarian society of Western Gujarat in the newly independent India, the paper examines the implied meaning of being disabled in a socialist society of India through its cinematic narrations. Post-independent Hindi popular cinema embraced farming life as its fundamental narrative trope to disseminate the idea of a self-sufficient independent nation, especially in the wake of Jawaharlal Nehru's Five-Year Plan for industrial development. Interspersed between nationalism and the myth of socialism, the subject of disability has, however, been overlooked over the years. This paper, thereby, examines the rural/peasant/agrarian nexus within the conflicting cinematic representations of the absent-disabled citizen as a lacuna in this newly emerging independent India
Identity, Authorship and Consumerism: An Interview with Moviemaker Jacob Gentry on the State of Cinema
Get PDFAfter Night Sky’s World Premiere at the August 2022 edition of FrightFest in London, Gentry spoke with MSJ about themes and ideas of identity and authorship in the cinema, and the influence of consumerism on the medium that we’ve only scratched the surface of
House of the Living Dolls: Set Design, the Gaze, and Miniaturization in Hitchcock’s Rear Window
Get PDFPerhaps no film has allegorized the filmgoing experience as succinctly—or as perversely—as Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window; at least in the eyes of film critics and Hitchcockian scholars, for whom the 1954 film synthesizes the director’s enduring fascination with voyeurism by turning windows into movie screens and forcing us, the moviegoers, to see ourselves reflected in James Stewart’s less-than-flattering portrayal of a Peeping Tom. And yet, while it has become the most common interpretation of the gaze and set design in Rear Window, prompting the creation of a rich body of scholarship since the film’s release, the movie screen analogy offers only a fragmentary understanding of Hitchcock’s mise-en-scène and fails to account for the dehumanizing miniaturization that befalls the objects of Jeff’s (and our) gaze. A new reading—one which considers the single-set world of Rear Window as dollhouse-like—serves to resolve said critical gaps
The Empty Vessel: Chronicles of the 'Unfed' Womb -- Examining Symbolic Female Bodies and the absence of Bodily Autonomy in Alien 3
Get PDFAlien 3 (1992) explores what it means to be a woman in horror as defined solely by motherhood and womanhood. Following the devastating loss of maternal relationship between Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Newt (Carrie Henn) during a crash landing, the protagonist Ripley, must navigate the prisoner planet Fiorina 161 as the sole survivor and woman amongst violent convicts placed in isolation from society for their heinous acts against women. Director David Fincher uses a dark, isolated setting to explore the patriarchy’s definition of bodily autonomy through the abjection of an unwanted alien pregnancy, the void-like environment of the prison and the uncontrolled, fast paced violence of the prisoners and ‘rogue’ alien. This essay seeks to examine the concept of Barbara Creed’s ‘Monstrous Feminine’ as seen through the patriarchy’s fear of the parthenogenetic alien queen and the abject womb of Fiorina 161
My Experience with Zero Textbook Costs
Get PDFThis article explores the author's experience taking a course with Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) and highlights the benefits of using ZTC materials in education. The article discusses the affordability and accessibility of ZTC courses, emphasizing how they eliminate the financial burden on students and promote inclusivity. It also delves into the quality and customization options of ZTC materials, showcasing how they provide accurate and up-to-date content while allowing instructors to tailor the resources to their teaching styles. The article further explores the engagement and collaboration fostered by ZTC courses, as well as their ability to stay up-to-date in rapidly evolving fields. Overall, the author's experience with ZTC showcases the positive impact of these resources on education
Solace in Solitude: The Relationship Between Isolation and Memory in George Sprott
Get PDFA close reading of the pains of memory and solitude in the graphic novel, George Sprott. This essay argues that George Sprott highlights different forms of isolation in order to explore themes of memory, loneliness, legacy, and regret.
I Wish I’d Been Diagnosed with Cancer: The Stigma of Mental Health
Get PDFThe author explores how stigma from having a mental health diagnosis can impact the person and those around them. Through both personal and historical contexts, the author examines the effects of social rejection on individuals, families, work opportunities, and personal relationships. There is a clear need for a shift towards a more compassionate and understanding approach to mental health. Dodds argues that open discussions can encourage people to seek help and improve treatment
Does Mindful Meditation Impact Short-Term Memory?
Get PDFThis study examined the impact of mindful meditation on short-term memory recall in a controlled experiment with 24 participants aged 19 to 23 years. Participants were randomly assigned to a mindful meditation or non-meditation group and exposed to different YouTube videos. Despite our hypotheses, no significant differences were found between the meditation and non-meditation groups in either the correct or made-up word conditions; although a medium effect size was noted for the generation of made-up words. The results of this study suggest that further investigation is needed to clarify the effects of mindful meditation on memory recall. Limitations of the experiment include potential biases from participant selection and a possible boredom effect. Future research could explore alternative experimental protocols, adjusting for gender variance and considering shorter meditation sessions or longer intervention periods to better understand meditation's cognitive impacts
The Un-zipped Lips of Iranian Women in Ava Maria Safai’s ZIP
Get PDFAva Maria Safai’s short horror film ZIP (2023), was green-lit for production by the Crazy8s Film Society out of hundreds of submissions, and for good reason. ZIP is a disturbing coming of age story about a girl on the cusp of her 16th birthday whose dream it is to sing an original song in her highschool talent show. However, her father has other plans, and she wakes on her birthday to find that her mouth has been replaced with a zipper she cannot open. Set in 1979 in Canada but during a pivotal year in Iranian history, ZIP is an effective condemnation of human rights violations against Iranian women, sparked by the murder of 16-year old Mahsa Amini for ostensibly removing her hijab.