scholarly journals Untold Stories of Jamaican Canadian Immigrant Women: Building Resilience Through Faith

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-215
Author(s):  
Sandra P. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Identity Reconstruction ◽  
Cultural Location

In this article, attention is given to the key role that Pentecostal faith plays in the cultural identity reconstruction process of some Jamaican Canadian immigrant women. For many immigrant groups, religious faith represents an anchor of hope for coping with post-migration life stressors. Although, once emotionally caged in a new socio-cultural location in Canada, the women portrayed in this summary of my research demonstrate great fortitude and endurance in navigating a new cultural and socio-historical context. Their untold stories of resilience through religious faith led them to deeper critical awareness, scholarly accountability, and recognition of their truths.

Investigating the Cultural Identity of the Japanese Marriage Immigrant Women in Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishii Hiroko ◽  
Kiyeon Min ◽  
Seongok Yuhoa ◽  
Youngsun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Immigrant Women

scholarly journals Johannes’ Åbenbaring kap. 13 Overvejelser over tekstens aktualitet1

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-169
Author(s):  
Geert Hallbäck
Keyword(s):  
Political Power ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
God's Will

The apocalyptic beasts in Revelation chap. 13 have been identified with a variety of historical persons. Such interpretive practicereveals a sort of hermeneutical narcissism. Before considering the contemporaryrelevance one has to consider the historical context. Chap.12 introduces the mythological explanation of God’s will to destroythe whole world as revealed in the fi rst part of the book. The Dragon(Satan) is expelled from heaven, but reigns now on earth; therefore theearth has to be destroyed and Satan to be conquered once again. Inchap. 13 two apocalyptic beasts are revealed, one from the sea and onefrom the land. They are fantastic representations of the Roman Empireand of the local supporters that worship the emperor. In this waythe text is bound to its historical context. To ponder the contemporaryrelevance of the text we need to recognize its ‘productive malaise’. I suggestfi nding this malaise in the revelation of an ongoing competitionbetween political power and religious faith, and I point to two low-keyexamples in contemporary Danish society: The decision of the DanishParliament to impose homosexual weddings on the Danish Church,and the discussion of abandoning certain church holidays for economicreasons.

scholarly journals Translating culture: Matthee’s Kringe in ’n bos as a case in point

Literator ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
W. Cloete ◽  
M. Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
South African ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Global Context ◽  
African Context ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Language Text ◽  
Representation Of Time

The translation of “cultural identity” in a novel such as “Kringe in ’n bos” contributes towards the definition of a uniquely South African representation of time and space in the global context. When translation is studied as a product of its socio-historical context, the translator is faced with problems of translating ideology and cultural identity in literature. Realia constitute a particular challenge to the translator because, according to the definition, precise equivalents of these words do not exist in other languages, which could cause shifts in the target language text. This article considers the concept of translatability and concludes that, despite the problems encountered, an adequate and satisfactory German translation from the Afrikaans original should be possible. The question of translatability assumes an interesting dimension as the Afrikaans novel was translated into English by the author herself. The privileged position of author-translator granted Matthee a near-perfect understanding of the different layers of meaning and intention of the source text and eliminated the gap between the author and translator. However, one gains the impression that the German translator (Stege) resorted to transference as a strategy to avoid translation and it emerges that most instances of definite mistranslations are, indeed, attributable to Stege’s unfamiliarity with the South African context.

scholarly journals Post-war Planning for Urban Cultural Heritage Recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 05054
Author(s):  
Ali Belal ◽  
Elena Shcherbina
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Neighbourhood Level ◽  
Post War ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Levels

The purpose of the research is to present guidelines and recommendations that can contribute to the post-war recovery of urban cultural heritage by a proposed methodology, based on other experiences in the reconstruction and preservation field of historical areas after wars, with the possibility of applying them, as an attempt to regain the features of the old part of the city. We also suggest those suggestions and guidance on three different levels. These guidelines are applicable at three levels: the historic core of the city, neighbourhood level, and individual quarters level. Each level had a specific theme for reconstruction planning that can maintain the city’s particular character during the current circumstances. Many cities have been heavily damaged as a result of the armed conflict in Syria, destroying most of the city’s neighbourhoods, including the historic district. Hence, we present a study of the consequences of this destruction on the historic fabric of the city, and search for the best solutions to give it the needed protection. Finally, the results and recommendations of this research will lead to developing answers to deal with historic centres and historic buildings that have been damaged by the armed conflict and were neglected before the war. The goal of this research is to identify fundamental principles that can lead to a successful reconstruction process while also preserving the city’s cultural identity.

scholarly journals Confessing Love to the Nation: Audrey Yu Jia Hui’s Works and Identity Reconstruction

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Alberta Natasia Adji ◽  
Diah Ariani Arimbi ◽  
Adi Setijowati ◽  
Nur Wulan ◽  
Kukuh Yudha Karnanta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Social Attitude ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Reading Technique ◽  
Identity Reconstruction ◽  
The Reformation

 This article addressed identity reconstruction through an analysis of two of the most prominent fictional works by one of the Chinese Indonesian young writers, Audrey Yu Jia Hui. In encompassing the idea of identity rewriting, I addressed Hui’s second and third novels respectively, Mellow Yellow Drama (2014) and Mencari Sila Kelima (Searching for the Fifth Principle, 2015), through the post-structural concepts of Derrida’s deconstruction, and also in relation to cultural studies views on identity. The works were analyzed through close-reading technique. The novels were published during the Reformation (Reformasi) era, where politics had served to be a profound aspect that directed the cultural identity and social attitude of the society. In a range of aspects, from narrative structure to their deeper themes, Hui’s literary works were found to draw on a distinguishable set of strategies which enabled Hui to establish her own identity as someone who was liberated, culturally accepted and free to embrace local colors. This article also showed that Audrey Yu Jia Hui’s narratives have served as an acceptance of an individual’s multiple identities, which often depends on the problem at hand as well as the context of choices.

Picturing Cuba

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Art History ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
American Art ◽  
Defining Moments ◽  
Cuban Art ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
Multidisciplinary Perspective ◽  
Historical Trajectory

This book delves into several defining moments of Cuba’s artistic evolution from a multidisciplinary perspective, including art history, architecture, photography, history, literary criticism, and cultural studies. Situating Cuban art within a wider social and historical context, fifteen prominent scholars and collectors scrutinize the enduring links between Cuban art and cultural identity. Covering the main periods in Cuban art (the colonial, republican, and postrevolutionary phases, as well as the contemporary diaspora), the contributors identify both the constant and changing elements and symbols in the visual representation of Cuba’s national identity. The essays collected in this volume provide insightful information and interpretation on the historical trajectory of Cuban and Cuban-American art. From colonial engravers to contemporary photographers, several generations of Cuban artists have been fascinated—perhaps even obsessed—with picturing Cuba’s landscapes, architecture, people, and customs. Each generation of artists focused on various tropes of Cuban identity, whether it was the tropical environment, the lights and colors of the island, certain human types, the fusion of European and African traditions, or the uprootedness produced by exile and resettlement in another country. Even when artists shed the attempt to represent their subject matter realistically, they sought to contribute to a longstanding national tradition in dialogue with a broader international scenario. The cumulative result of more than three centuries of Cuban art is a kaleidoscopic view of the island’s nature, population, culture, and history.

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