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2024-03-29T12:29:08Z“Musicalized identities”: South Asian musical Third Space of Enunciation in Britain
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4032
Title: “Musicalized identities”: South Asian musical Third Space of Enunciation in Britain
Authors: Zriba, Hassen
Abstract: Within a multicultural society like Britain, cultural identity has become a pivotal concern for
the nation’s various ethnic minorities. South Asian minorities, notably, the third generation,
have adopted different strategies of integration within the mainstream British society while
attempting to preserve their cultural idiosyncrasies. South Asian identities or what can be
generally called “Asianness” manifested themselves in different socio-cultural expressions.
Music has been one of those media of cultural and identity expressions. This article argues
that music can be deemed as a “Third Space of Enunciation” for the new generations of ethnic
minorities in general and South Asian ones in particular. Ethnic or “ethnicized” music seemed
to proffer new horizons and possibilities of articulations for British ethnic minorities.
By analysing some contemporary British South Asian musical outputs, we attempt to show
how fusion-based and hybrid music was a strategy to mobilize dominant British musical
discourses to fight against racism and celebrate cultural identity within the context of
multicultural Britain.2019-01-01T00:00:00ZPost 9/11 American Novel: Political Orientations in Representing Arabs
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4031
Title: Post 9/11 American Novel: Political Orientations in Representing Arabs
Authors: Altwaiji, Mubarak
Abstract: September 11, 2001 has been the most aggressive day in the history of modern America. The
physical and psychological damages caused by the attacks left a unique experience of the day
in the mind of American writers. Therefore, if literary and political orientations changed after
the 9/11, novel's subject matter and themes changed too, because novel is a reflection of its
social and political context. This study examines the assumption implicit in the dominant
conceptions that novel serves the state's politics in its pursue of interests through
representations and misrepresentations of other nations. This study examines how American
novel expresses solidarity with the state and its politics, ignoring its imperial and hegemonic
attitude towards other nations. Novel has become the most effective genres to represent the
feelings of the nation and the concern of the country. Analysis will refer to two novels,
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Falling man, which directly deal with the moments
of destroying the World Trade Centre and manifestly identify the terrorists, their culture, their
religion and their intentions. Tendency to such themes allows American novel to follow the
mainstream politics without grappling with the state's ideologies, interests and politics.
Discussion will focus on the Foucauldian approach to literature and power and on the
implications of using the Foucauldian approach to the study of imperial literature.2019-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4030
Title: The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students
Authors: Kohzadi, Hamedreza; Mirzaeian, Vahid R.
Abstract: This study was conducted in central Iran among all first-year university students studying
engineering courses at Arak University of Technology. All students (No = 310) were included
in this study. Instruments used mostly consisted of a computer anxiety questionnaire plus a
learning style questionnaire. The data was analyzed by both descriptive and inferential
statistics (Mean, Frequency, Standard Deviations, Independent T-test as well as Point
Biserial Correlation Coefficient). The results indicated that there was a statistically
significant relationship between computer anxiety and sensory-intuitive learning styles, in
that the students having sensory learning style suffered from computer anxiety more
frequently than the student having intuitive learning styles. In addition, there was a
statistically significant relationship between computer anxiety and verbal-visual learning
style, given that the students having visual learning style suffered from computer anxiety
more than the students having verbal learning style. No statistically significant relationship,
however, was found between computer anxiety and gender.2019-01-01T00:00:00ZChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Ensuring Pakistan’s Economic Benefits
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/4029
Title: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Ensuring Pakistan’s Economic Benefits
Authors: Ibrar, Muhammad; Mi, Jianining; Rafiq, Muhammad; Ali, Liaqat
Abstract: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a well-crafted economic partnership
between China and Pakistan which is expected to bring economic development and
prosperity not only for the two neighboring countries but also for the whole South Asia. It is
considered central to China-Pakistan relations and the CPEC will link Kashgar to Gawadar
port through the extension of Silk Road initiative which is widely known as Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI). With the investment of 46 billion US dollars, its completion is expected by
2030. CPEC is the most discussed and debated economic partnership and it has great
geostrategic importance for Pakistan to counterbalance Indian influence in South Asia.
However, the focus on geopolitical and location of the route has been dominated the
important questions concerning “How Pakistan should ensure its economic benefit out of this
mega project?” This paper, therefore, aims to develop a theoretical framework and put
forward relevant recommendations on how Pakistan can ensure its economic benefits as
compared to the forecasted economic and political benefits of China and the challenges
ahead.
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