International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Review (IJHSSR)
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The Politics of Space: Representation of the Postcolonial Space in Ngugi wa Thiong’O’s Petals of Blood
Get PDFThe spatial turn in the field of literary studies in the contemporary period has given rise to a new perspective to the notion of space. Traditionally, space was considered as a homogenous, static entity, confined to its geometrical aspect. It is after the spatial turn that space came to be recognized as being discursive, being socially produced and productive. The new spatial concept brings to light the power relations implicated in the production and operation of space. The process of urbanization creates peripheries and centres and is also responsible for destroying villages and countryside. Urbanism is an ideological, hegemonic space that operates under the myth of modernity. It is a social centrality where many elements and aspects of capitalism intersect in space. The production of urban space operates through the practices of representation of space as well as the appropriation of spaces of representation. Alongside urbanization, ruralisation also takes place. The rural spaces often lose their independence, as centrality accumulates wealth, knowledge and information. They wield power and the periphery becomes insignificant, powerless and dependent. Population and wealth generated by the urba trade gives advantage to the city based governments over the rural areas. From the cities, ideological and governmental control spread out to the rural village space. The relationship between the centre and the periphery is similar to that of the colonizer and the colonised. The city spaces in former colonies reincarnate as spaces of neo-liberalism and capitalism, which in turn exert its agency over the rural space. In this context, Ngugi wa Thiongo’s novel Petals of Blood becomes very significant as it represents how the village spaces in Kenya are appropriated by these hegemonic forces which result in the transformation of the lives of the native folk. They are forced to adapt to the new ways of life or end up losing their lives trying to hold on to their traditional ways. Represented through the lives of four main characters in the backdrop of the Mau Mau rebellion, the novel shows how the rapid westernization and urbanisation shake the whole village of llmorg. The paper therefore is an attempt to understand how the neoliberal construction of spaces in the wake of globalisation in Kenya (in the third world) produces discursive spaces, which are neo-colonial, hegemonic and exploitative. It postulates that space is a dynamic, discursive domain, that can be used to conquer and manipulate the Other
The Future Prospects of Tourism Industry: An Inquiry
Get PDFThe cross-cultural interface that paves way for universal harmony and peace and the cultural exchange among various nationalities are considered as the crucial dimensions of tourism. Tourism is seen as an important economic option in many parts of the country. The scope of tourism in India is really vast. Private enterprises should be encouraged by the government bodies in promoting tourism in less popular areas. The scope of tourism industry in India is analysed and well explicated in this chapter. Tourism industry can propel the growth of a society. In addition to this, it enhances employability, contributes to foreign exchange and ultimately results in community development. Tourism development in a particular area requires an understanding of the demography, political and economic background of the area and the environmental situations in order to make it into an excellent tourist spot. For developing a strategic marketing plan, one has to comprehend the needs and necessities of the target customer and wants to match their needs with the infrastructure and facilities of the tourist spot
Female Identity in Ladies Coupe
Get PDF In the process of growing up to become a woman, the girls and their talent in real sense do not get the opportunity and environment to grow, the reason is that it lies in the deep-rooted notion of masculinity and femininity existing in our society which applies pressures on women to conform to the dominant societal stereotypes. Masculinity in our society implies aggregation and dominance. The women, on the other hand are the example of femininity which implies passivity, sacrifice, timidity and inferiority. Our circumstances always give a second position to the female community. They are supposed to be the sufferers of all male dominated activities. Our literature had no such sufficient space to express the situation of women. But now a day’s many woman writers are ready to express their own ideas through their works. They expressing the agonies, struggles, problems faced by the female community. Through this paper I wish to point out how the female identity or female self is expressed in the novel Ladies Coupe which is written by Anitha Nair
Nautical Gothic in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Premature Burial”
Get PDFEdgar Allan Poe’s short stories, varied as they are and articulated from different narrative standpoints, reliable or otherwise, have an overriding thematic resemblance—they are all built upon profound and irreconcilable contradictions. They navigate the liminal zone between life and death, health and disease and sanity and madness so nimbly that there is perhaps no other American writer of Gothic fiction whose works gain so much from the deployment of such a dialectic. Apart from landward Gothic dominated by the presence of mediaeval cathedrals, castles and dungeons, Poe has penned some remarkable Nautical Gothic too. In the short story “The Premature Burial”, an example of this genre, Poe presents the dialectics between the inside and the outside as centered on the discourse of spatiality
A Study on the Predominance of Physical and Psychological Variables of Calicut University Women Kho-Kho Team
Get PDFThe study was to compare the physical and psychological variables among women kho -kho players. Total of 12 women kho-kho players were selected for the study whose age group ranged from 18 to 25 years. Descriptive statistics such as Mean, median mode, standard deviation, kurtosis, skewness, cohesion, of variance, range, minimum score, maximum score, and 25th, 50th, 75th percentile score were found in order to get the basic idea of the data distribution. Descriptive analysis was done on all the predominant physical variables namely: Speed, Abdominal Strength, Explosive Power, Endurance, balance, Agility, Flexibility, and the Psychological variables namely: Emotional intelligence, Team Cohesion, Achievement motivation, Anxiety. The factor analysis describes a procedure to identify the linear combination of variables (called factor), which have a large variance, ignoring the liner combination method selected for the primary solution of factor analysis
Social Media as a Tool to Achieve Social Justice
Get PDFSocial media has been emerging as a greater platform for various movements to create awareness among individuals by sharing information, ideas, opinions openly on various Social Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, etc. This article deals with the justice - activism movements created on social media as a method to bring justice to various issues. Social justice is a greater step towards a greater change. This article also provides various examples from social media where mass movements were created calling for the exact purpose of justice
Understanding Eroticism in Art Forms: A Critical Analysis of Octave Tassaert’s Painting ‘The Cursed Woman’
Get PDFErotic capital is a value that one acquires as a result of sexual attractiveness which is as important as social and cultural capital. It is a combination of many attributes. It was first used by Catherine Hakim who defined it as a separate form, independent of class origin and which therefore enables social mobility. The erotic theory states that every individual has complete freedom upon their sexual life. This paper attempts to question the title of one of Octave Tassaert’s famous paintings, ‘The Cursed Woman’. It brings the picture of a woman receiving sex from three partners. The title translates into ‘The Damned Woman’, but it looks more like heaven than damnation. Sexual intercourse with more than one partner cannot make a woman cursed. Above all, the features of the painting prove the woman’s state of happiness and satisfaction. She seems comfortable with what she does. It is commonly believed that women are those supposed to beautify themselves but not allowed to show their interests in sexual acts. Another fact is that the painter who considered, the woman having sex with multiple partners as cursed, was himself considered as the worst painter by the people because of the representation of sex and nudity. He had to face opposition for most of his paintings. According to the theory, the woman has a complete right over her body and thus it opposes the title of the painting. 
An Experimentation of Hindi Film with Subaltern Perspective: Special Reference to ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ (1953)
Get PDFHistory has witnessed that the subaltern mass has not been properly reflected in Hindi films. Critics feel it as a serious concern that the voice, problem, crisis of the subaltern people have been bypassed by the show-biz of the Hindi film. Though the subaltern mass has performed an important role to form the backbone of Indian economy, Hindi films have abandoned the subaltern people by providing no importance to this crucial issue since Hindi film has largely focused on ‘entertainment’ only. Majority of the Hindi films have now addressed the wishes and aspirations of the N.R.I. except a few. But history has witnessed that once Hindi films were made showcasing a laborer or a peasant representing the subaltern community as its central protagonist. The filmmakers nurtured the scripts and directed the films with utmost care and concern for the have-nots and they also had immense empathy and sensitivity to the problem and crisis of the community belong to subalternity. ‘Neecha Nagar’ made by sensitive Director Chetan Anand tried to exhibit the unfathomable distance between the haves and the have-nots. He also showcased the shocking exploitation of the labor class. Accepting the cue made by Chetan Anand, the other torch bearers like Bimal Roy, Mehboob Khan, S. S. Vasan, B. R. Chopra and others approached the same way with directing films that also raised the conscience of the society. Not only that, these socially committed directors tried to find ways to combat the agony and sorrow of the down trodden. It appeared that the screenplay writers and filmmakers were the tone of the afflicted working class. These films appeared as the objective representations of the sorrow and woe of the subaltern mass. If film is, as a matter of fact, a reflection of society, it can be noted that presently it faces failure to perform its true role. Besides entertainment, film is a powerful medium to motivate and mobilize audience. It is a strong and influential mass media for social change. Some noted responsible directors like Guru Dutt, Vijay Anand, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Shyam Benegal and others made films which appear as the stark reality existing in the society. Commercial success and entertainment of their films did not discourage them from dealing with relevant problem, crisis and issues of the subaltern mass
Geographical Study of Agricultural Density in the Akole Tahsil, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra State, India
Get PDFAgricultural density is the ratio of the total area under crops to the total living population in the same area. From this it is known that the study of the pressure on the agricultural sector in an area or region. In short, it is known by how much people depend on the agricultural sector. In short, it is known by how much people depend on the agricultural sector. The higher the value of agriculture density, the greater the population pressure on agriculture sectors. In contrast, the lower the density of agriculture, the lower the population pressure on agriculture. For this study, population and agricultural data between 1991 and 2011 have been taken. In addition, secondary data has been used for this study