scholarly journals The Social Meaning and Function of Folk Religion in a Japanese Rural Society

2008 ◽  
Vol null (38) ◽  
pp. 279-292
Author(s):  
DalKi Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Society ◽  
Folk Religion ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

Adoption Policy in Great Britain and North America

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. David Kirk ◽  
Susan A. Mcdaniel
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
North America ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

AbstractThis paper has two purposes. First, to explore what existing adoption legislation may indicate about the meaning and function of adoption practices in North America and Great Britain. Second, to consider some possible policy implications revealed by clearer understanding of the social meaning of existing adoption laws. The first part of the paper summarizes briefly the history of legal adoption. The second examines what is explicitly and implicitly revealed by adoption law and policies about the social purposes of adoption and about prevailing social values concerning the family. The third part examines possible avenues of policy change in North America.

Round Structures, Household Identity, and Public Performance in Preclassic Maya Society

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Hendon
Keyword(s):  
Social Stratification ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Architectural Feature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preclassic Maya ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

AbstractJames Aimers and colleagues consider the social meaning and function of round structures, a poorly understood but significant architectural feature of many Preclassic Maya sites. Based on my own work on the connection between such structures and the development of social stratification and changes in the relations between households and the state, I offer additional examples of the location and role of these structures in order to expand on the insights offered by Aimers et al.

A Case of Anomalous Values in Indian Civilization: Meat-Eating Among the Kanya-Kubja Brahmans of Katyayan Gotra

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Khare
Keyword(s):  
Social Situations ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Meat Eating ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Anthropologist ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
Different Levels

Indian philosophical thought has always attempted to deal with opposite or binary values. However, when faced with contradictions, social scientists try to analyze the form, meaning and function of opposed values in real social situations. The problem of opposed values becomes difficult and anomalous when the culture, at different levels, not only permits oppositions, but simultaneously sanctions them. The data on meat-eating among the Kanya-Kubja brahmans of Katyayan gotra (primarily an exogamous group composed of several lineages) present this type of problem to the social anthropologist.

scholarly journals Sociology of political satire: United States and China

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tung Manh Ho
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Political Satire ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

Satire, in the broadest sense, is an art of using humor, irony, exaggeration to criticize and expose some ridiculous aspects of people’s behavior, stupidity, and vices. One of the crucial aspects of satire is the laughter that arises from the interaction between the producer (writer, comedian, cartoonist) and the audience through a number of mediums: print, cartoon, TV, audio, or online networks. Though the literature on the meaning and function of satire is extensive, most researchers seem to agree on the two most crucial components: humor and criticism (Phan, 2003). Given that the nature of satire and political satire is about using humor to criticize and expose some ridiculous, vicious, and stupid aspects of politics, this essay will look at the changes in the social landscape of political satire in the United States and China from a sociological perspective.

scholarly journals KALIGRAFI ISLAM PADA DINDING MASJID KUNA CIKONENG ANYER-BANTEN: KAJIAN ARTI DAN FUNGSI

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Lia Nuralia
Keyword(s):  
Social Conditions ◽  
Systematic Description ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
Arabic Calligraphy ◽  
Interpretation Method

The aim of this paper is to understand the meaning and function of Islamic calligraphy (Arabic calligraphy) on the walls of the Cikoneng ancient mosque, Anyer-Banten. Descriptive with interpretation method is used to make the systematic description. Islamic calligraphy is found on the upper walls of the Cikoneng mosque inside the men's and the women's prayer room, consist a quotations of the Holy Qur'an and the Hadist of the Prophet. The conclusion is that Islamic calligraphy as decoration contains meaning and function through nonverbal language, which is adapted to the social conditions of Cikoneng society in the Dutch era.Tulisan ini bertujuan mengkaji arti dan fungsi kaligrafi Islam (kaligrafi Arab) pada dinding Masjid Cikoneng Anyer-Banten. Metode yang digunakan metode deskriptif dengan interpretasi, yang bertujuan membuat deskripsi secara sistematis. Kaligrafi Islam tersebut ditemukan pada dinding atas masjid Cikoneng di dalam ruang shalat laki-laki dan ruang shalat perempuan, terdiri dari kutipan ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an dan hadist Nabi. Kesimpulan yang diperoleh adalah kaligrafi Islam sebagai ragam hias mengandung arti dan fungsi melalui bahasa nonverbal, yang disesuaikan dengan kondisi sosial masyarakat Cikoneng pada zaman Belanda.

scholarly journals Traveling Libraries: The Arabic Manuscripts of Muley Zidan and the Escorial Library

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hershenzon
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Early Modern Spain ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean History ◽  
The Moment ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
Locked Doors ◽  
The Escorial

In 1612, a Spanish fleet captured a French ship whose stolen cargo included the entire manuscript collection of the Sultan of Morocco, Muley Zidan. Soon, the collection made its way to the royal library, El Escorial, transforming the library into an important repository of Arabic books, which, since then, Arabists from across Europe sought to visit. By focusing on the social life of the collection, from the moment of its capture up through the process of its incorporation into the Escorial, this article examines three related issues: the first regards the social trajectories of books and the elasticity of their meaning and function, which radically altered in nature. The second part of the article examines the circulation of the Moroccan manuscripts in relation to a complex economy of restrictions over the reading and possession of Arabic manuscripts in early modern Spain. Finally, the third part focuses on the political and legal debates that ensued the library’s capture, when the collection became the locus of international negotiations between Spain, Morocco, France and the Dutch United Provinces over Maritime law, captives, and banned knowledge. By placing and analyzing the journey of Zidan’s manuscripts within the context of Mediterranean history, the paper explains (1) why Spain established one of the largest collections of Arabic manuscripts exactly when it was cleansing its territories of Moriscos (Spanish forcibly converted Muslims), and (2) why the Moroccan collection was kept behind locked doors at the Escorial.

Folk Religion and the Medical Engineering of Rural Black Laborers

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-353
Author(s):  
Jamil W Drake
Keyword(s):  
Venereal Disease ◽  
Medical Engineering ◽  
Folk Religion ◽  
American Religion ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Religious Cultures ◽  
Black Poor ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function

Abstract In the study of American religion, scholars use the category folk to illuminate the religious worlds of populations on the margins of society. The category has been deployed to valorize the unique cultures of populations while extending the meaning and function of religion beyond conventional markers. Judith Weisenfeld’s religio-racial concept underscores how different state bureaucracies played an important role in the daily religious worlds of Black laypeople. This article applies Weisenfeld’s contribution to American religion by demonstrating that the folk category also sheds light on the agency of state actors and networks. Using the 1931 Macon County, Alabama, venereal disease program, I will argue that the folk category was part of the state’s biomedical campaign to regulate the daily religious cultures of the Black poor.

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