In “Doing Gender”, by Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman, the concepts of sex and gender are discussed. Gender may at first seem like a straightforward concept that simply distinguishes males and females; however, it is actually an identity and social position gained through social and cultural interactions. Unlike sex, which distinctively groups humans based on biological characteristics, gender categorizes people based on social means. Therefore, gender can be seen as something that we do and perform
Phrases used as Art of Communication for Gender Equity in PNG Introduction This paper presents a critical analysis and comparison of literature concerning gender equity in Papua New Guinea, being more specific about phrases used as art of communication. Fairclough (2000: 3) defined communication as the functions of language and the production of meaning. Alinsky (1972:81) emphasized it more as an important
INTRODUCTION Why is the red color in the stop sign and why does green mean "go"? Why does the bride wear white, and black is the color of mourning and sadness? Why does an optimist see the world in bright colors and a romantic person pursues the "blue dream"? This work discusses color and its place in culture. A lot of things in the reality surrounding us we perceive by means of colors and through them. Color terms bear in themselves much more information than it might seem at first glance. Understanding
professional baseball player, but then he is forbidden by his black skin from playing in the major leagues. Thus, he has a strong feeling toward Whites, and he even refuses an athletic scholarship by forbidding his son to reach his dream. Almost all societies anticipate women get married and to be good mothers for their children; it means that women should stay at home and take care of children while men act as the providers and supporters. When Troy and Rose get married, it means that they have to be
Speaking “the Unspeakable”: Language and Trauma in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Ms Geetha R Pai Ms Devi K Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dept of English and Languages, Dept of English and Languages Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi. Trauma is an intensely distressing, unsettling experience or a physical injury. It is a mortal as well as a psychological gash
Various psychologists contend that the child’s personality is not being expressed, but the child’s temperament is being exhibited. But, these idioms could actually be deemed effectively the same, considering that these traits of temperament are supported as part of an adult’s personality. Such as, persons who score high on extraversion stood frequently as children who tested high on surgency,
people. This definition help us to come up to idea of “anti-language” by Halliday (1976, p.570) which is a special form of language generated by some kind of anti-society”.Anti-languages may be understood as extreme versions of social dialects. They tend to arise among subcultures and groups that occupy a marginal or precarious position in society, especially where central activities of the group place them outside the law. Furthermore, Anti-languages are basically created by a process of relexicalizationit’s
”Lily shows an interest here, compared to at the beginning of the novel where she “didn’t know whether to be excited for Rosaleen or worried. Who was winning, the coloured people’s team or the white people’s team? Like it was a do or die contest.” Her idiom reveals her outlook and how she percieves racial rights as overdramatic. She demonstrates growth from her previously oblivious self, all the while explaining the significance of their sacrifice and hardship needed to enforce the Civil Rights Act. A
focuses on the host country to which people come as immigrants. In the collection of short stories titled Darkness, set in Canada and USA, Mukherjee addresses the challenges of hostility, exploitation, racial prejudice, violence, cultural conflict, gender, negative stereotyping and identity1. This socio-cultural scenario of separation and struggle for identity alter human relationships significantly in the diasporic space. The title of this collection, Darkness symbolizes the ignorance which creates
The distinctiveness of Indian theatrical tradition in the dramatic cultures of the world—its antiquity as well as its aesthetic appeal—is more or less indisputable today. The roots of theatre in India are ancient and deep-seated. Theatrical expression of some kind or the other has been since primitive and mythic times, an integral part of Indian life. Our knowledge about the initial, primitive stage of theatrical activity in India is very meagre. However one can safely say that theatre in India as