Conference Presentations by Morve Roshan K.
Papers by Morve Roshan K.
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2024
This paper explores hijab as a political discourse and discusses women's character through a post... more This paper explores hijab as a political discourse and discusses women's character through a postmodern relationship with Orhan Pamuk's Snow. In Snow, Pamuk presents Turkish Muslim women characters' struggle during secular politics and portrays a struggle for their identity with and without hijab. A textual analysis of Pamuk's Snow applies interdisciplinary approaches to examine Turkish women's identity, their struggle for hijab, and the failure of secularism. To understand women's role in politics, scholars like Khamis (2021), Axiarlis (2014), and others are prominent figures to theorize ideas of postmodernity (Muslim women's alienation, conflict with self vs. other, a perspective of Muslims from east vs. west and Muslim identity with hijab vs. post/ modern identity without hijab) and secularism (without hijab) in Muslim women's context. To conclude, Muslim women's self-identification and Pamuk's writing influences under the East, and West ideas create a critical discussion, and questions about the postmodern idea of Muslim women. The hijab is closely concerned with gender targets, and the novel portrays women's resistance in society. This burning issue catches our attention towards the women's serious issue of suicide because of hijab politics.
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 2024
This article focuses on the Maharashtrian Dalit representation in the popular traditional art for... more This article focuses on the Maharashtrian Dalit representation in the popular traditional art form of jalsa and aims to know how Marathi Dalit rangbhoomi/theatre has been used as a source to present stereotypical Dalit untouchability and caste-based issues. A long history of Dalit art from the 1930s to the twenty-first century has been transformed into a creative form for social awakening. Various forms of jalse (like 'Amberkarite jalse' and 'Amberkarite Shahiri', Powade, Ovi or Lavani later became mostly part of Ambedkari jalse) and their response to subalternity have a significant role in inspiring anti-case movements. These forms have influenced Dalit artists and activists not only in Maharashtra but also across India. Visiting the history of Dalit rangbhoomi demonstrates subalterns' response to a Dalit subalternity. In addition, this study is very substantial to touch on the uncovered area of Dalit jalse and Qawwali as an anti-caste movement. Only countable articles have been published in English on Maharashtrian jalse. Thus, this research is essential to know the world about Dalit's contribution to art creativity. This article concludes that oral traditional forms have their own representation style, and their aim is to express Dalits' pain, injustice and struggle through traditional and modern forms of untouchability.
Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 2024
The article is devoted to the reconstitution of the mythological worldview of the well-known Euro... more The article is devoted to the reconstitution of the mythological worldview of the well-known European Symbolist writer Maurice Maeterlinck based on his famous drama 'Princess Maleine' that made a great impact on the development of the 'new drama' in the end of the 19th century. This analysis is performed in the context of the study of the symbolist semiotic system in French-speaking tradition. The lingua-poetic and mythopoeic intertextual analysis done, we have found that the mythological model in the play is functioning with a large system of mythological structures and semantic patterns. The locus of 'Princess Maleine' is marked as Hades World and its inhabitants are connoting the mythical concept BAD LUCK. Only two actors, the protagonists Maleine and Hjalmar are connoted not only by the morbid semantics but also as the correlates of the astral world. Their death in Hades makes possible the eschatological catastrophe leading to the neutralization of the killers whereas the infernal semantics is neutralized and the cosmos tends to the restoring of harmony symbolized by the coming of the new day and of the new year. Besides, the protagonists are considered to be the sacred sacrifice to change the semantics of the mythological concept BAD LUCK to the harmonized GOOD LUCK. Three mythological models are reconstructed: LIFE with positive connotation, LIFE with negative connotation and DEATH with positive connotation. The projection of the play is modeled by the movement from the positively and negatively connoted concept LIFE to the positively connoted concept DEATH that is a distinctive sign of Symbolist conception of 'tragic optimism' developed by Maeterlinck.
Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 2024
This paper focuses on diaspora-related issues in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake (2003). Furthermore... more This paper focuses on diaspora-related issues in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake (2003). Furthermore, the paper analyses the characters' understating of identity and how it reflects through the characters' '(not)belonging' and a conflict of '(not)betweenness.' This research seeks an answer to the questions: 1. What is the role of culture and memory in Indian American life? And 2. How do Indian Americans struggle for cultural, diasporic, and personal names as an identity? In The Namesake, the characters' struggles are examined through the works of Bhabha (1994), Chambers and Herbert (2015), and Gowricharn (2022). A textual analysis of this novel is significant to understand diasporic relations with the 'culture,' 'memory,' 'dual identity' and the idea of 'home' from the context of twenty-first-century. To conclude, two generations' stories from India to America bring a sense of '(non)belongings' and '(non)betweenness' as being "other."
Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2024
This research aimed to analyze the perceptions of journalists regarding political populism and th... more This research aimed to analyze the perceptions of journalists regarding political populism and the role of the media in its growth. The lack of research on these variables has been an impetus to do such research. Also, the research aimed to examine the differences in perceptions in relation to the type of media, traditional media-online media. The methodology used in this research is mixed methodology. Both the instruments for data collection are a structured questionnaire and semi-structured individual interviews. Participants in this research were 112 journalists working in traditional media and 179 journalists working in online media. Since the research has two samples, one served for the collection of quantitative data and was selected randomly, while the other served for the collection of qualitative data and was selected purposefully. Quantitative data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics (ANOVA). Whereas, the qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings of this research show that, according to journalists, the media plays an important role in the growth of political populism. The findings also show that journalists had different experiences and statements regarding their experiences with populist reporting. Traditional media journalists were more exposed to attacks, political sabotage, and links, while online media journalists were more exposed to internal pressure to leak information and events of a populist nature. Also from the obtained results, the type of traditional or online media was not a distinguishing factor for the perceptions of journalists regarding political populism and the role of the media in its growth.
Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture , 2024
This paper focuses on diaspora-related issues in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake (2003). Furthermore... more This paper focuses on diaspora-related issues in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake (2003). Furthermore, the paper analyses the characters' understating of identity and how it reflects through the characters' '(not)belonging' and a conflict of '(not)betweenness.' This research seeks an answer to the questions: 1. What is the role of culture and memory in Indian American life? And 2. How do Indian Americans struggle for cultural, diasporic, and personal names as an identity? In The Namesake, the characters' struggles are examined through the works of Bhabha (1994), Chambers and Herbert (2015), and Gowricharn (2022). A textual analysis of this novel is significant to understand diasporic relations with the 'culture,' 'memory,' 'dual identity' and the idea of 'home' from the context of twenty-first-century. To conclude, two generations' stories from India to America bring a sense of '(non)belongings' and '(non)betweenness' as being "other."
Cogent education, Mar 11, 2024
This research aims to overview the English-medium instruction (EMI) situation in Korean Higher ed... more This research aims to overview the English-medium instruction (EMI) situation in Korean Higher education (HE), briefly describing and studying HE policies and examining their impact on Korean teachers and students. The case of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been addressed and investigated intensively in the Korean context concerning STEM. It is significant to examine the 21st-century controversial issues regarding English Medium Instruction (EMI) implementation in Korean HE, focusing on a case study of the 'KAIST'. Notably, the issue of EMI has been questioned across Korean society and educational fields. This research focuses on reviewing relevant literature and analysing it in detail to learn how KAIST helps us understand Koreans' EMI pedagogy methods and education-related (Korea's EMI policy implementation in general and EMI's impact on students and teachers) issues. However, the secondary materials are based on press reports, public statements of the people concerned, and statistical data. It lays the groundwork for a step deeper future qualitative or quantitative approaches to the case of KAIST for the improvement and success of EMI in Korean HE. It has been found that modern EMI pedagogy methods can lower excessive pressure so that students and teachers can educate and enjoy the EMI education policy. ARTICLE HISTORY
African identities/African Identities, Feb 5, 2024
Sociological Research Online, Jan 16, 2024
This volume engages with the intersectionality of gender, women's marginality, transgende... more This volume engages with the intersectionality of gender, women's marginality, transgenderism, and cultural and social inequality based on gender and vulnerable positions. It covers interesting cultural, social, and gender-related issues in visual and literary forms of autobiographies, film, fiction, and TV series. A common theme of the book is the cultural representation of gender vulnerability and resistance. This book is divided into three thematic parts, all dealing with gender vulnerability, resilience, and resistance which have been deeply explored by the 11 case studies. The book's structure is as follows: The first chapter introduces the book. Part I discusses gender vulnerability, resilience, and resistance (four chapters); the second chapter focuses on a response to gender vulnerability that can be seen as an analysis of justice in Irish autobiographies Story (2005) and it also explores 'Oral History Project (2013)'. This study addresses a rejection of cultural purity for women, and survivors' testimonies reveal the abuse of the Catholic Church. The third chapter demonstrates violence, total dependency, isolation, and destructive power in Room., a story of victims (verbally, psychologically, physically, and sexually abused). Donoghue shows the characters' vulnerability through the theoretical framework of Butler's 'Theory of Vulnerability', 'Theory of the Abject', and 'Theory of Resilience'. In animal studies, the fourth chapter is about gender and speciesist violence in 'Martyrdom' (1994). This study conceptualises martyrdom in terms of gender and non-human/animal perspectives, where the engagements of Butler and Bracke propose policies of resilience and vulnerability. This chapter helps us to rethink vulnerability in relation to agency and resistance. It is interesting to read a discussion of political deconstruction organised by the oppressed and by using binary codes: feminine / masculine and animal / human. The fifth chapter is about the politics and ethics of vulnerability and addresses Ireland's unsatisfactory actions of power by analysing Holy Orders (2013). Part II 'Gender Vulnerability, Agency and Interdependencies' includes four chapters. Chapter six analyses a study of A Dangerous Crossing (2018). Migration management practices are always a part of diasporic research, and refugees are vulnerable to diasporic status. The author's concern is about refugee issues and claims their misrepresentation of questions by the media. The seventh chapter deals with the analysis of gender-based violence in the 'Jackson Brodie Series'. In this detective series, a combination of 1215732S RO0010.1177/13607804231215732Sociological Research OnlineBook Review book-review2024
Brill Publisher, 2024
This paper focuses on Indo-Canadian Sikh women's issues after Covid-19 and their challenges of di... more This paper focuses on Indo-Canadian Sikh women's issues after Covid-19 and their challenges of diasporic consciousness. It is based on a study conducted with face-toface interviews in Victoria, Canada, to assess these women's post-Covid-19 challenges in healthcare and employment and their diasporic dual identity crisis. The research addressed questions like: What are the challenges of Indo-Canadian Sikh women in Canada after Covid-19 and the impact of current political affairs? What are women's integration challenges (perhaps insecurity, discrimination, etc.)? This research is significant for understanding the difficulties of Indo-Canadian Sikh women as a vulnerable group in terms of diasporic dual consciousness, racial discrimination and post-Covid experiences. Discussions on identity incorporate a diasporic theoretical understanding of the dual identity crisis and elaborate on Canadian multicultural policy from a political perspective.
Cogent SoCial SCienCeS, 2024
this research explores environmental racism in the forms of nigerian ‘colonialism’ and... more this research explores environmental racism in the forms of nigerian ‘colonialism’ and south african ‘apartheid’ policies. it is designed a comparative framework to chinua achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958), and nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story (1990). this research helps to understand the ecocritical approach from the nigerian and south african context. re/construction of racism in the form of the contemporary theoretical concept of ‘environmental racism’ is our today’s need. this study aims to raise a voice for global justice and environmental sustainability. environmental-related dominant issues (i.e. environmental control of a particular group, inequality of natural resource uses, and particular group’s accessibility to live a healthy environment) are addressed in detail and analysed through these texts. the theory of ‘environmental racism’ is interrogated through colonial cultural, and apartheid political ways concerning the african world. to conclude, the ecological crisis and environmental racism encountered in these texts have clearly illustrated the imbalance of utilizing natural resources. aconsequence of this inequality and exploitation can be seen in nigerian black, and south african ‘coloured’ communities where environmental injustice is a serious issue.
Contemporary Voice of Dalit
In Jasmine, the conceptual understanding of Bharati Mukherjee’s protagonist Jyoti is often caught... more In Jasmine, the conceptual understanding of Bharati Mukherjee’s protagonist Jyoti is often caught between two worlds and cultures. This is the story of a simple Indian village girl Jyoti’s journey from India to America. During her journey, her transformation and feminist role are significant to understand the cultural changes in her life. This article analyses Mukherjee’s Jasmine with the diasporic postcolonial theoretical framework. This article explores Jyoti’s struggles, assimilation and accommodation in the Third Space with scholars like Bhabha, Lin and Schwartz et al. The postcolonial concepts like a Third Space, identity transformation and acculturation process create a space to explore Jasmine’s journey. To conclude, her efforts to assimilate and identity construction attracts us to explore diasporic space in women’s life. This research finds a potential scope to explore the cross-cultural psychology of the female character in the novel to (re)present the diasporic journey fr...
Cogent Education, 2024
This research aims to overview the English-medium instruction (EMI) situation in Korean Higher ed... more This research aims to overview the English-medium instruction (EMI) situation in Korean Higher education (HE), briefly describing and studying HE policies and examining their impact on Korean teachers and students. The case of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been addressed and investigated intensively in the Korean context concerning STEM. It is significant to examine the 21st-century controversial issues regarding English Medium Instruction (EMI) implementation in Korean HE, focusing on a case study of the 'KAIST'. Notably, the issue of EMI has been questioned across Korean society and educational fields. This research focuses on reviewing relevant literature and analysing it in detail to learn how KAIST helps us understand Koreans' EMI pedagogy methods and education-related (Korea's EMI policy implementation in general and EMI's impact on students and teachers) issues. However, the secondary materials are based on press reports, public statements of the people concerned, and statistical data. It lays the groundwork for a step deeper future qualitative or quantitative approaches to the case of KAIST for the improvement and success of EMI in Korean HE. It has been found that modern EMI pedagogy methods can lower excessive pressure so that students and teachers can educate and enjoy the EMI education policy. ARTICLE HISTORY
BRITISH JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES , 2024
Due to different unpropitious circumstances, immigration is glob-ally on the rise. A Muslim Sudan... more Due to different unpropitious circumstances, immigration is glob-ally on the rise. A Muslim Sudanese woman’s diasporic experience can be best perceived through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Leila Aboulela’s novel Minaret (2005). In a study of Minaret’s textual analysis, this article applies three central CDA postulations: 1. Teun A. van Dijk’s (1993a, & 2006b) three layers of study through ‘Discourse, Cognitive, and Society’, 2. Ruth Wodak’s ‘Language, and Ideology’ in the study of discourse analysis, and 3. Norman Fairclough’s (1996a, 2001b & 2013c) ‘3D model of CDA’. This research explores the social, diasporic, and historical challenges through a textual analysis of Minaret, which is faced by Sudanese women in Britain. Najwa, the protagonist struggles to find her identity while encountering innumerable challenges in the diaspo-ric route. Her dis/placement of identity, and religion can be seen to construct an identity in a multicultural world (like Britain). In a nutshell, Minaret presents Najwa’s identity, representation, and language relation in social practice. Class conflict, power inequality, and a struggle for identity quest are contemporary issues that have been demonstrated around Najwa’s life.
Routledge, 2024
This paper addresses apartheid political history and ‘coloured’
identity challenges in South Afri... more This paper addresses apartheid political history and ‘coloured’
identity challenges in South African society. A textual analysis of
Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story (MSS, 1990) adheres to understanding ‘coloured’ identity struggle as an ‘Other’ and their racial
marginality during apartheid. This research deeply studies race and
identity theories with Frantz Fanon’s psychological notion of
racism, decolonisation and the idea of cross-racial relations are
important to analyse MSS. A textual study of MSS is significant for
examining the impact of apartheid on ‘coloured’ characters. This
research finds that ‘coloured’ community’s struggle and their racial
consciousness of being other were political and psychological challenges during apartheid time. To put in a nutshell, apartheid stories
are not individual representations but these are collectively representing the ‘coloured’ community's struggle in South Africa. Racial
consciousness of being other was a form of racial exclusion so, a
discussion on ‘coloured’ discourse becomes important to contextualise political history. The negligence of the ‘coloured’ issues
during apartheid questioned the psychological development of
‘coloured’.
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Current issues (such as health and economy-related) emerged due to the impact of... more Abstract
Purpose
Current issues (such as health and economy-related) emerged due to the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and children’s health. The purpose of this opinion paper is to understand the world’s health issues after COVID-19.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors study the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of women and children in 2023. The authors have applied the content analysis method and reviewed the post-COVID-19 impacts on women’s and children’s health. As a result of unemployment or financial instability, the fear of economic insecurity increases cases of women and child violence, child labour and other health issues. According to the study, the authors find that post-COVID-19-related health issues increase at a high level.
Findings
After COVID-19, across the world, children and women have gone through domestic violence and health issues (i.e. stress, anxiety and so on) and the vulnerable situation of children and women has badly impacted their mental and physical health.
Originality/value
Many children were orphaned, and the poor died due to poverty. COVID-19 has had a direct or indirect effect on children and women all over the world till today. This opinion paper focuses on post-COVID-19 issues that we all have forgotten to include in our current discourse.
Keywords: Health' Covid-19; Pandemic; women and children
Asian Journal of Humanity, Art and Literature, 2014
This study deals with the conflict of Nigerian Biafran War 6 July, 1960-15 January, 1967 as repre... more This study deals with the conflict of Nigerian Biafran War 6 July, 1960-15 January, 1967 as represented in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun (2006). The study attempts to address the following four questions: first, what are the causes-effects of Biafran/Civil war? Second, why Nigerians have been suffering during the wartime? Third, how does the representation of Nigerian history enable understanding of the post-colonial issues? And final, what is the role of conflict in Nigerian history? In order to understand this conflict, the study addresses the detailed analysis of war conflict, ethnic conflict, class conflict, military conflict and eco-political conflict. The post-colonial approach becomes one of the ways of engaging the theoretical understanding of the novel Half of a Yellow Sun. In sum up, the novel is located with the issues of marginality, history and conflict, which interrogates through post-colonial theoretical formations and the six-phase structure of war novels.
Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the advancement of cultural transformati... more Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the advancement of cultural transformation over time demands certain alterations in human perceptions. It also aims to examine the 21st century’s many radical changes in India, the constant legal battles to decriminalize homosexuality, and challenges to the rigid dichotomy between heterosexuality and homosexuality. Besides, it influences popular culture among the masses, which has turned out to create a more visible space for the lesbian community. In India, lesbian literature begins synchronously under the shades of women’s writing and feminism that wires new hopes for their identity.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines a primary text as Indian writer Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005). There comes the iconic work of Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005), which creates a turning point by introducing the life, inner conflict and turbulence of a teenage girl. In addition, a textual analysis of this novel brings forth an analysis of attributes such as sexuality, gender and the interplay of caste and class that meld lesbian childhood and adolescence. This paper also examines how a lesbian girl adapts to and negotiates her maturation amidst vivid social scenarios and cultural conditioning.
Findings
A few studies (Hidalgo, et al., 2013; Bem, 1989; Pyne, 2016) show many children have reached or crossed their teenage life without accurate or affirmative knowledge of sexuality and gender. Parents, teachers and even other intellectuals of the adult world fail to transfer their knowledge effectively to children. Definitely, the relevance of sex education is paramount, but more important is what implementation tactics should be used for the same cause. The point is that sex education should not be condensed into a certain gender or perpetuate parochial discrimination. It needs to adapt an age-appropriate curriculum for the cognitive and emotional development of the individuals. Considering these factors, understanding comprehensive sex education is what is most likely to find sustainable remedies for this matter. Gerald writes about a socialization process and gays and lesbians hiding their identity from family and society; a fear of rejection; there is a social gap in peer and family spheres. These fears prevent lesbian or gay young persons from fully developing their identities (1999). Rao and Mason tested a model derived from minority stress theory in which the perceived impact of Section 377 increases depressive symptoms of sexual minorities by increasing concealment stress, leading to a diminished sense of belonging. Because of their minority status, they are more vulnerable to and have a higher prevalence of mental illness than heterosexual individuals (2018).
Originality/value
Babyji has created a discourse to perpetuate normativity and gives importance to the mental health of the excluded lesbian group. It open10.1108/MHSI-11-2023-0122s a door to studying teenage groups’ issues and their challenges to understanding social and mental issues regarding their identity. A study on this untouched area is required to highlight their issues and mental health problems. This research is an initiative step to create and provide a platform to raise awareness in society.
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Conference Presentations by Morve Roshan K.
Papers by Morve Roshan K.
identity challenges in South African society. A textual analysis of
Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story (MSS, 1990) adheres to understanding ‘coloured’ identity struggle as an ‘Other’ and their racial
marginality during apartheid. This research deeply studies race and
identity theories with Frantz Fanon’s psychological notion of
racism, decolonisation and the idea of cross-racial relations are
important to analyse MSS. A textual study of MSS is significant for
examining the impact of apartheid on ‘coloured’ characters. This
research finds that ‘coloured’ community’s struggle and their racial
consciousness of being other were political and psychological challenges during apartheid time. To put in a nutshell, apartheid stories
are not individual representations but these are collectively representing the ‘coloured’ community's struggle in South Africa. Racial
consciousness of being other was a form of racial exclusion so, a
discussion on ‘coloured’ discourse becomes important to contextualise political history. The negligence of the ‘coloured’ issues
during apartheid questioned the psychological development of
‘coloured’.
Purpose
Current issues (such as health and economy-related) emerged due to the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and children’s health. The purpose of this opinion paper is to understand the world’s health issues after COVID-19.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors study the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of women and children in 2023. The authors have applied the content analysis method and reviewed the post-COVID-19 impacts on women’s and children’s health. As a result of unemployment or financial instability, the fear of economic insecurity increases cases of women and child violence, child labour and other health issues. According to the study, the authors find that post-COVID-19-related health issues increase at a high level.
Findings
After COVID-19, across the world, children and women have gone through domestic violence and health issues (i.e. stress, anxiety and so on) and the vulnerable situation of children and women has badly impacted their mental and physical health.
Originality/value
Many children were orphaned, and the poor died due to poverty. COVID-19 has had a direct or indirect effect on children and women all over the world till today. This opinion paper focuses on post-COVID-19 issues that we all have forgotten to include in our current discourse.
Keywords: Health' Covid-19; Pandemic; women and children
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the advancement of cultural transformation over time demands certain alterations in human perceptions. It also aims to examine the 21st century’s many radical changes in India, the constant legal battles to decriminalize homosexuality, and challenges to the rigid dichotomy between heterosexuality and homosexuality. Besides, it influences popular culture among the masses, which has turned out to create a more visible space for the lesbian community. In India, lesbian literature begins synchronously under the shades of women’s writing and feminism that wires new hopes for their identity.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines a primary text as Indian writer Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005). There comes the iconic work of Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005), which creates a turning point by introducing the life, inner conflict and turbulence of a teenage girl. In addition, a textual analysis of this novel brings forth an analysis of attributes such as sexuality, gender and the interplay of caste and class that meld lesbian childhood and adolescence. This paper also examines how a lesbian girl adapts to and negotiates her maturation amidst vivid social scenarios and cultural conditioning.
Findings
A few studies (Hidalgo, et al., 2013; Bem, 1989; Pyne, 2016) show many children have reached or crossed their teenage life without accurate or affirmative knowledge of sexuality and gender. Parents, teachers and even other intellectuals of the adult world fail to transfer their knowledge effectively to children. Definitely, the relevance of sex education is paramount, but more important is what implementation tactics should be used for the same cause. The point is that sex education should not be condensed into a certain gender or perpetuate parochial discrimination. It needs to adapt an age-appropriate curriculum for the cognitive and emotional development of the individuals. Considering these factors, understanding comprehensive sex education is what is most likely to find sustainable remedies for this matter. Gerald writes about a socialization process and gays and lesbians hiding their identity from family and society; a fear of rejection; there is a social gap in peer and family spheres. These fears prevent lesbian or gay young persons from fully developing their identities (1999). Rao and Mason tested a model derived from minority stress theory in which the perceived impact of Section 377 increases depressive symptoms of sexual minorities by increasing concealment stress, leading to a diminished sense of belonging. Because of their minority status, they are more vulnerable to and have a higher prevalence of mental illness than heterosexual individuals (2018).
Originality/value
Babyji has created a discourse to perpetuate normativity and gives importance to the mental health of the excluded lesbian group. It open10.1108/MHSI-11-2023-0122s a door to studying teenage groups’ issues and their challenges to understanding social and mental issues regarding their identity. A study on this untouched area is required to highlight their issues and mental health problems. This research is an initiative step to create and provide a platform to raise awareness in society.
identity challenges in South African society. A textual analysis of
Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story (MSS, 1990) adheres to understanding ‘coloured’ identity struggle as an ‘Other’ and their racial
marginality during apartheid. This research deeply studies race and
identity theories with Frantz Fanon’s psychological notion of
racism, decolonisation and the idea of cross-racial relations are
important to analyse MSS. A textual study of MSS is significant for
examining the impact of apartheid on ‘coloured’ characters. This
research finds that ‘coloured’ community’s struggle and their racial
consciousness of being other were political and psychological challenges during apartheid time. To put in a nutshell, apartheid stories
are not individual representations but these are collectively representing the ‘coloured’ community's struggle in South Africa. Racial
consciousness of being other was a form of racial exclusion so, a
discussion on ‘coloured’ discourse becomes important to contextualise political history. The negligence of the ‘coloured’ issues
during apartheid questioned the psychological development of
‘coloured’.
Purpose
Current issues (such as health and economy-related) emerged due to the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and children’s health. The purpose of this opinion paper is to understand the world’s health issues after COVID-19.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors study the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of women and children in 2023. The authors have applied the content analysis method and reviewed the post-COVID-19 impacts on women’s and children’s health. As a result of unemployment or financial instability, the fear of economic insecurity increases cases of women and child violence, child labour and other health issues. According to the study, the authors find that post-COVID-19-related health issues increase at a high level.
Findings
After COVID-19, across the world, children and women have gone through domestic violence and health issues (i.e. stress, anxiety and so on) and the vulnerable situation of children and women has badly impacted their mental and physical health.
Originality/value
Many children were orphaned, and the poor died due to poverty. COVID-19 has had a direct or indirect effect on children and women all over the world till today. This opinion paper focuses on post-COVID-19 issues that we all have forgotten to include in our current discourse.
Keywords: Health' Covid-19; Pandemic; women and children
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the advancement of cultural transformation over time demands certain alterations in human perceptions. It also aims to examine the 21st century’s many radical changes in India, the constant legal battles to decriminalize homosexuality, and challenges to the rigid dichotomy between heterosexuality and homosexuality. Besides, it influences popular culture among the masses, which has turned out to create a more visible space for the lesbian community. In India, lesbian literature begins synchronously under the shades of women’s writing and feminism that wires new hopes for their identity.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper examines a primary text as Indian writer Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005). There comes the iconic work of Abha Dawesar’s Babyji (2005), which creates a turning point by introducing the life, inner conflict and turbulence of a teenage girl. In addition, a textual analysis of this novel brings forth an analysis of attributes such as sexuality, gender and the interplay of caste and class that meld lesbian childhood and adolescence. This paper also examines how a lesbian girl adapts to and negotiates her maturation amidst vivid social scenarios and cultural conditioning.
Findings
A few studies (Hidalgo, et al., 2013; Bem, 1989; Pyne, 2016) show many children have reached or crossed their teenage life without accurate or affirmative knowledge of sexuality and gender. Parents, teachers and even other intellectuals of the adult world fail to transfer their knowledge effectively to children. Definitely, the relevance of sex education is paramount, but more important is what implementation tactics should be used for the same cause. The point is that sex education should not be condensed into a certain gender or perpetuate parochial discrimination. It needs to adapt an age-appropriate curriculum for the cognitive and emotional development of the individuals. Considering these factors, understanding comprehensive sex education is what is most likely to find sustainable remedies for this matter. Gerald writes about a socialization process and gays and lesbians hiding their identity from family and society; a fear of rejection; there is a social gap in peer and family spheres. These fears prevent lesbian or gay young persons from fully developing their identities (1999). Rao and Mason tested a model derived from minority stress theory in which the perceived impact of Section 377 increases depressive symptoms of sexual minorities by increasing concealment stress, leading to a diminished sense of belonging. Because of their minority status, they are more vulnerable to and have a higher prevalence of mental illness than heterosexual individuals (2018).
Originality/value
Babyji has created a discourse to perpetuate normativity and gives importance to the mental health of the excluded lesbian group. It open10.1108/MHSI-11-2023-0122s a door to studying teenage groups’ issues and their challenges to understanding social and mental issues regarding their identity. A study on this untouched area is required to highlight their issues and mental health problems. This research is an initiative step to create and provide a platform to raise awareness in society.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC POEMS
A COLLECTION OF MULTILINGUAL POETRY
कोविद-19 विश्वव्यापी महामारी कविता
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Volume-V
खंड – 5
Editors/संपादक
Dr. Morve Roshan K. (डॉ. मोरवे रोशन के.)
Raman Takiya (रमन टाकिया)
THE SUFFOCATING VOICES OF LGBTQIA (SOCIO-LITERARY PERSPECTIVES)
Editors :
1. Dr Morve Roshan K. Southwest University, China, and Bangor University, United Kingdom.
2. Dr Ashish K. Gupta : Assistant Professor of English, Govt. Degree College, Muwani, Pithoragarh, India.
Concept Note
“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.” Judith Butler
The purpose of this Call for Chapter is to bring our attention to the LGBTQIA voices. They have many challenges and many issues that make their lives miserable in our society. Their issues like discrimination, violence, trauma, education, and health issues in literature and society have been still less explored and now, why to wait! Let’s contribute !! This CFP is creating a platform to contribute and raise the voices. Here, we can understand their issues and bring the equality for LGBTQIA to make their life dignified. This book will cover the research questions like-
What are the roles of LGBTQIA?
What are their challenges depicted in literature and prevalent in society?
How LGBTQIA has re/presented in the literature or films?
The following themes (but not limited to these only, other related to these themes are also acceptable) are also focusing on:
Transsexual Women Issues in Memoir
Lesbian Women Identity and Writing
Gay Re/presentation and Self Recognition in the Literature or Films
Lesbian Women and Idea of Homosexuality and Narration
and so on…
Authentic, scholarly and unpublished research papers are invited from professors, faculty, scholars and luminaries with multidisciplinary approach.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Only sinlge MS word file including, Abstract 200 words 5-6 key words and Paper 4000 to 5000 words (including references).
Style- Latest APA (click here to download)
Author’s bio at the end of the paper (200 words).
All papers will go through rigorous editing and plagiarism scanning through Turnitin. Only 10% similarity will be accepted.
Last date of Abstract: 30th August, 2020.
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Paper to be submitted through email at: [email protected] OR [email protected] OR [email protected]
Submissions will be accepted till 30 September, 2020. All papers will be published in edited book in Print with ISBN No.
Compulsory : Each Contributor will have to buy one copy at least.
ABOUT THE EDITORS:
Dr Morve Roshan K.
Dr Morve Roshan K. is working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Southwest University, China. She has prestigious to be awarded an Honorary Research Associate, Bangor University, UK. She has been awarded MPhil and PhD degrees from Central University of Gujarat, India. She has vast experience in teaching, and research. She has translated 74 Children’s literature books from NTM, India. Her publications: 18 papers published, 3 books, 2 short stories, 1 interview, and 6 poems. She has presented 29 Conference/seminars/symposiums in national and international levels. She has shouldered responsibilities as an editor, associate editor and an international advisory member of international journals. Also, she has presented papers in the collaboration of many countries and has been working in collaborations with Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Saudi, Turkey, Maldives, Sudan, USA, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. She is familiar in an international arena for her research with high impact factors. She has invited for speech in abroad. She is welcome for international collaborations. Her areas of interest are Apartheid, post-apartheid, cognitive studies, gender, diaspora studies, race, ethnic, and Postcolonial Studies.
Dr Ashish K Gupta
Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta is an Assistant Professor of English at Government Degree College, Muwani, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. He is NET and holds D. Phil degree in English Literature from Central University of Allahabad. His arena of pursuit is social issues, queer studies, gender studies, diaspora and multiculturalism. He has edited four books— The Third Gender: Stain and Pain, Quintessence of Dalit Literature: Rebel Narratives and Glass Ceiling and Ambivalent Sexism: Critical Perspectives of Gender Trouble Volume-One and Two. He has published several research papers in National and International Journals. He has presented various papers at International and National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops. He has a poetic heart and great liking for poetry. He is also one of the members of the editorial board of International Journal of Transformation in English and Education, International Journal of Current Research in Education, Culture and Society and of e-Literary Magazine- The Infinite Sky and The Literati. He is also appointed as Peer-Reviewer of the International Research Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literary Studies Bangkok, Thailand.
Ebook: Introduction: Dr Morve Roshan K.