scholarly journals Overview on a grounded précarité

2019 ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Angela McRobbie ◽  
Adrien Mazières-Vaysse ◽  
Giulia Mensitieri ◽  
Cyprien Tasset
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
White Male ◽  
Standard Representation ◽  
Male Worker ◽  
International Circulation ◽  
Long Time

In this interview with Angela McRobbie, the author, who is a specialist in creative labor, traces the path which led her to contribute introduce into cultural studies the elaborations – notably from France and Italy – of the notion of precariousness. This scientific and epistemological trajectory shows the importance of the international circulation of the notion of precariousness, but also the limits of notions that claim to be inclusive and may actually be situated. The author thus points to the trend, particularly in operaist approaches, of underestimating both the prominence and the lifespan of precariousness in the marginalized sectors of the labor market occupied for a long time by female and male migrants in many countries. She points to the importance of the feminist tradition and of postcolonial studies to question the multifaceted extent of precariousness beyond the standard representation of the white male worker.

Blindness or insight? Kittler on culture

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Matthias Bickenbach
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Lecture Series ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
Time Culture ◽  
Blind Spots

For a long time, ‘culture’ appears only to be an effect of the power of discourses and media in Friedrich Kittler’s works. But in his Berlin lecture series on the cultural history of cultural studies, he discusses the historical formations in which a discrete science of culture could emerge. His perspective not only highlights the historical foundations but also the blind spots of cultural studies.

scholarly journals Historia, problematyka i związki studiów postkolonialnych z badaniami kultury popularnej

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
Izabela Poręba
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Stuart Hall ◽  
History Of

The article depicts the connectivity of popular culture studies in the field of cultural studies with issues of postcolonial studies. The aim of the work is to answer the question about a possibility to transplant Western cultural studies research to postcolonial popular culture analysis and interpretation. The study begins with a brief reconstruction of the history of pop culture research in the scope of postcolonial methodology — the most important works, conferences, and thematic issues initiating an interest in a research field new to postcolonialism around the 1990s and at the beginning of the following millennium. In the next part of the article, the author points out two main definitions of popular culture (“the popular”) in the scope of indicated optics — by Stuart Hall and John Fiske; the author also considers terminological issues with “the popular” and its non-existent equivalent in Polish. An ambiguous movement written in popular culture was considered as its most important feature (as Hall and Fiske claimed) — at the same time, a dominant system is contained (incorporation) and meets with resistance of people who revolt by the means of the system itself (exportation). Nonetheless, the author shows why believing in the possibility of resistance can be an illusion. Next, the author comments on the stand of Kwame Anthony Appiah, who problematized the relation of postcolonialism and pop culture. The analysis of connections between these two phenomena is followed by a few examples of intertextuality in Alain Mabanckou’s novels.

scholarly journals FOLKTALES AND RITES OF PASSAGE IN RANDA JARRAR'S A MAP OF HOME

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Hasnul Insani Djohar
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Women's Literature ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
American Muslim ◽  
Invasion Of Iraq

This paper examines the struggle of American-Muslim women to negotiate their identities in literary works published after the invasion of Iraq (20 March-1 May 2003). In this case, I examine Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home (2008) in order to investigate how Jarrar both negotiates her identity through folktales, naming, and rites of passages. By engaging with postcolonial studies, and working within the frameworks of cultural studies, this paper aims to investigate aesthetic strategies that Jarrar (Egyptian-Palestinian-American) deploys in her writing. Jarrar also respects her Muslim intellectual forebears, such as Muhammad al-Ghazali (Iran), Muhyiddin al-Arabi (Spain), and Jalaluddin Rumi (Turkey), by emulating their tendency to combine in their writings allusions to the Qur’an, ancient storytelling traditions, and contemporary social issues in order to engage with their readers. In doing so, Jarrar uses folktales, naming, and rites of passages to question American belonging and eurocentrism in her fiction. These techniques enable Jarrar to reveal her multiple and complex identities and work to represent both her pride in being Muslims and her desire to claim her rights as American citizens of Muslim descent. Keywords: Randa Jarrar, A Map of Home, folktales, Rites of Passages, US-Muslim women’s literature Artikel ini membahas perjuangan perempuan Amerika-Muslim untuk menegosiasikan identitas mereka dalam karya sastra yang diterbitkan setelah invasi ke Irak (20 Maret-1 Mei 2003). Dalam hal ini, saya meneliti Randa Jarrar's A Map of Home (2008) untuk menyelidiki bagaimana Jarrar menegosiasikan identitasnya dan menentang orientalisme di sepanjang novelnya. Dengan menggunakan studi postkolonial dan studi budaya, artikel ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki strategi estetika yang Jarrar (Mesir-Palestina-Amerika) gunakan dalam tulisannya. Jarrar juga menghormati leluhur intelektual Muslimnya, seperti Muhammad al-Ghazali (Iran), Muhyiddin al-Arabi (Spanyol), dan Jalaluddin Rumi (Turki), dengan meniru kecenderungan mereka untuk menggabungkan dalam tulisan-tulisan mereka kiasan Alquran, kuno tradisi mendongeng, dan masalah sosial kontemporer untuk menarik pembaca mereka. Dalam hal ini, Jarrar juga menggunakan dongeng, penamaan, dan ritus-ritus untuk mempertanyakan kepemilikan Amerika dan Eurosentrisme dalam fiksinya. Teknik-teknik ini memungkinkan Jarrar untuk mengungkapkan identitasnya yang beragam dan kompleks yang berfungsi untuk menunjukkan kebanggaannya sebagai Muslim dan keinginannya untuk mengklaim hak-haknya sebagai warga negara Amerika keturunan Muslim. Kata kunci: Randa Jarrar, A Map of Home, cerita rakyat, ritus peralihan, sastra Muslimah-Amerika 

scholarly journals Decolonising Cultural Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Rashmi Sawhney
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
The Relationship

Written as a reflective account emerging from the process of reviewing and revamping an MA in English and Cultural Studies at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, in the year 2018-19, this essay takes the form of a tapestry woven out of four separate but related inquiries. Section I reflects upon the experience of having taught introductory courses in Cultural Studies (henceforth CS) in India and Ireland separated by a gap of 15 years, and germane questions of cultural specificity and curricula. Section II provides an overview of the available narratives of CS within India, focusing on the distinctive approach taken in each account. Section III looks at the relationship between CS, Postcolonial Studies (henceforth PS) and Subaltern Studies (henceforth SS), as they developed in play with one another in 1980s England and America. And Section IV comments on some wider institutional and creative practices of relevance, and the implications these hold for possible future directions of CS. In totality, the article attempts to assess what transformative wor

scholarly journals Potential Migration Investigation in the Mechanism of Labor Market Regulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Olha Ryndzak ◽  
Oleh Risnyy ◽  
Mariana Bil
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Time Migration ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact

Effective regulation of labor market and elaboration of preventive policy measures requires proper information support. Such support can be provided by the investigation of not only real but also potential migration. This article provides the authors’ complex approach to the study of a potential migration. In particular, three stages of potential migration are investigated on the basis of the results of a panel sample survey of unemployed in Lviv city, Ukraine (2013–2016, 2018-2019): migration desires, plans (decision) and preparations. Thus in 2019 the share of respondents having positive migration desires made up 56%, planning to move abroad – 26% and only 18% made some preparations for moving. Based on the results obtained during six years of study a map of migration preferences is made. So Germany, the USA and Canada are mostly chosen for permanent residence or long time migration. Poland and Germany are the most desired for temporary work. Based on the logistic regression model the impact of gender and age on decision regarding employment abroad is showed. Respondents’ estimations of their financial situation and employment opportunities in relation to their potential migration are also analyzed. Presented in the article study may be replicated in other regions and other samples may be used for survey. It would allow comparative analysis of potential migration between different groups and regions and would be helpful for policy making.

A Regional Analysis of Black Male-White Male Wage Differences

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Cotton
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
White Male ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Wage Differences ◽  
Market Outcomes

This research indicates that labor market outcomes for black males in terms of hourly wages differed markedly from region to region over the 1976 to 1984 period. And although black males faced a substantial amount of discriminatory treatment in all regions, the amounts varied significantly by region.

Metformin Contributed with Lactic Acidosis in The White Male Rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 708-712
Author(s):  
Afyaa Sabah Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acidosis ◽  
White Male ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Final Weight ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Liver And Kidney ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Harmful Effects

Metformin treatment associated with development lactic acidosis (MALA) is a clinical problem. Recently, not found any drug to decrease or prevent MALA. The present study is designed to evaluate the advantage and disadvantages of metformin drugs in white male rats. A sample of 30 white male rats were randomly divided into three groups each group contain ten rats.: Group one administrated distal water to kept as control group for two months, Group two administrated metformin at dose 250 mg/kg for two months, and Group three administrated metformin at dose 500 mg/kg for two months. After the end of the experiment, two months, the rats were sacrificed to obtain the blood and tissues for analysis. The results show no significant change (p andgt; 0.05) in the final weight of rats and the weight of the kidney and liver relative to the bodyweight as well as, the results show no significant change (p andGLT; 0.05) in the levels of urea and creatinine in the serum of rats treated with metformin drug. Also, the results appear no significant change (p andgt; 0.05) in the liver enzymes include aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyltransferase and total bilirubin in the metformin-treated groups relative to controls. In conclusion, the present study recorded not found harmful effects in the liver and kidney after taking metformin against diabetes except lactic acidosis state after using a drug for a long time.

Lévy, un ami qui vous veut du bien: the (mis)appropriation of Islamic practices in Bernard-Henri Lévy’s fulfilling of France’s mission civilisatrice

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-478
Author(s):  
Fabrice Roger
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
African American ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
African American Studies ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Global Terrorism

This article analyses the dynamics of cultural (mis)appropriation underpinning Bernard-Henri Lévy’s (BHL) catchphrase islam des Lumières. Be it against the backdrop of global terrorism in Qui a tué Daniel Pearl?, that of Franco-French societal issues in Ce grand cadavre à la renverse, that of French interventionism in La Guerre sans l’aimer, or that of homegrown terrorism in “Le moment churchillien de la Ve république,” BHL warns against the danger of a certain form of Islam whilst advocating an “enlightened” Islam that is, for him, compatible with French republican values. To this end, he (mis)appropriates conspicuous Islamic practices by claiming that they have nothing to do with Islam. Thus, BHL’s islam des Lumières is invisible and reduced to a cultural heritage that is void of religious practices. Drawing from cultural studies, social sciences, postcolonial studies, and African American studies, this article will argue that BHL is a “well-meaning colonizer;” a paternalist who seeks to fulfil France’s mission civilisatrice by (mis)appropriating Islamic practices in order to tell Muslims how to live their faith.

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