scholarly journals The Village Voice: Women's Views of Themselves and Their World in Russian Chastushki of the 1920s

Author(s):  
Isabel A. Tirado

This was the call of a peasant woman, most likely a teenager, prompting her friends and neighbors to join her in composing and singing chastushki, the short ditties that enlivened all youth gatherings. The humorous songs were the spontaneous creation of young people of both sexes for an audience their own age. At times ironic, biting, or plain silly, chastushki expressed the composers' views on almost all facets of the young peasant's life: love, homelife, the way to dress, the changing countryside, and the world beyond the village. We know little about the views of the young peasant woman in the Russian countryside just after the Revolution. She is rarely the subject of scholarship, and her voice is seldom heard in the rich literature of the 1920s. In the wake of the revolutions of 1917 peasants made up 80 percent of the population; their children nineteen years of age· or younger accounted for half of the rural population, with females making up half of that age group. As the expression of the village young people, the chastushka is an invaluable historical source that captures the tension between old and new. This interpretative essay seeks to use chastushki as a tool in reconstructing aspects of post-revolutionary peasant mentalite-that is, the views, attitudes, and mores of peasant society.

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth B Walker ◽  
Jennifer A Conn ◽  
Michael J Davies ◽  
Vivienne M Moore

AbstractObjectiveTo describe women's views about aspects of infants' diets around the time of weaning, making comparisons with national guidelines.DesignA survey of women with a 9-month-old child.SettingAdelaide, South Australia.SubjectsFive hundred and five women who joined a longitudinal study during pregnancy.ResultsSources of information varied, with written material most commonly used (37%). Cows' milk was considered suitable as the main drink for weaned infants by 14% of women. There were divergent views about the suitability of eggs, with many women concerned about allergy. The majority of women (84%) viewed fruit juice as suitable although many qualified their response, often by stating that fruit juice should be diluted. Almost all women considered the amount of sugar mattered, primarily because of tooth decay, and that salt mattered although the reason was often uncertain. It was widely believed (77%) that additives in food could cause health problems, in particular hyperactivity and allergies, and half of the women reported avoiding specific foods because of concerns about allergies. Many women thought that giving their child food that was high in fat would encourage a liking for ‘junk’ food or lead to fatness in adulthood.ConclusionsThere is considerable diversity in the views women express about aspects of infant feeding that have been the subject of guidelines. Further health promotion efforts are needed to achieve greater consistency with recommendations and to address other concerns women have. This will entail greater engagement with parents and shared development of responses.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-259
Author(s):  
Emi Rahmawati ◽  
Fafi Masiroh

Marriage is a bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife with the aim of forming a happy and eternal family based on the Godhead. Marriage is generally often associated with culture, especially in Indonesia which is rich in culture. The culture is able to give birth to a tradition, so many people who consider the tradition must be done. One tradition in marriage is the tradition of marriage abstinence from Ngalor-Ngetan which is found in the Village of Cekel, Karangrayung District, Grobogan Regency. The tradition is part of the tradition in the village of Cekel that has been passed down for generations and is applied to the community who will hold a wedding. As the development of Islam and knowledge in the era of globalization, some people in the village of Cekel still considered the marriage restrictions on Ngalor-Ngetan would cause disaster if the prospective bride and groom implement the restrictions. This study discusses the history and implementation implementation of Ngalor-Ngetan marriage restrictions Ngalor-Ngetan through descriptive analysis based on data that has been obtained from interviews, observations and documentation. The results of this study, abstinence from Ngalor-Ngetan marriage are still held firmly by almost all people in the village of Cekel. However, there are some people who do not believe in the tradition of abstinence from marriage because it is considered only as a suggestion and not in accordance with the teachings of the religion they believe. Besides that, some of the young people also did not pay much attention to this Ngalor-Ngetan custom. They adhere to this custom solely because they respect the demands of parents. But some others still hold fast and abide by this custom.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel De-Juanas ◽  
Teresita Bernal Romero ◽  
Rosa Goig

Psychological well-being manifests itself in all aspects of human activity and is essential to understanding whether young people experience life satisfaction and whether, as they mature, well-being can be associated with different levels of personal autonomy. This quantitative study was developed within the framework of international research on young people’s autonomy in the transition to adulthood. Its main objectives were to analyze the relationship between psychological well-being and autonomy and examine potential variations between the two variables according to age. To this end, Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale and the Transition to Adulthood Autonomy Scale (EDATVA) designed by Bernal et al., were used with a sample of 1,148 young people aged 16–21 from Madrid, Spain, and Bogotá, Colombia. The results show that almost all the dimensions on the Psychological Well-Being Scale correlate significantly and positively with the dimensions on the EDATVA scale. Specifically, moderate correlations were obtained between self-organization on the EDATVA scale and purpose in life (r = 0.568; p = 0.01) and environmental mastery (r = 0.447; p = 0.01) on the Psychological Well-Being Scale. In turn, autonomy on Ryff’s scale obtained the highest correlation (r = 0.382; p = 0.01) with understanding context on the EDATVA scale. It was also found that the older 18–21 age group obtained higher scores than the younger 16–17 age group in all dimensions on both the EDATVA and the Psychological Well-Being Scale. Earlier studies endorse the results found in this research, especially the differences in the scores for both scales according to age groups. This opens avenues for future research to analyze the relationship between psychological well-being and autonomy as independent variables in other sectors of the population.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Zakiyah Nur Zuroidah

AbstrakPenelitian ini mendiskripsikan tentang peranan dan kontribusi Angkatan Muda Muhammadiyah dalam upaya mengembangkan nilai- nilai karakter masyarakat yang ada di Desa Penatarsewu. Dimana dalam penelitian ini melibatkan ortom Pemuda Muhammadiyah, Nasyiatul Aisyiyah, dan Ikatan Pelajar Muhammadiyah sebagai subyek penelitian.Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kualitatif, dan pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode wawancara dengan narasumber, observasi dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan dalam hal pembuktian keabsahan data menggunakan teknik trianggulasi teknik dan sumber.Hasil yang di peroleh dalam penelitian ini adalah: 1) Peran Angkatan Muda Muhammadiyah dalam mengembangkan karakter masyarakat di Desa Penatarsewu, dilakukan dengan mengadakan beberapa kegiatan yang dapat melibatkan masyarakat. 2.)Nilai- nilai karakter yang lebih di terapkan adalah hampir seluruh 18 nilai karakter itu dapat tercapai terutama dalam nilai karakter religius sedangkan nilai nilai karakter yang berhubungan dengan revitalisasi gerakan yang ada di Muhammadiyah AMM lebih banyak menerapkan dalam hal teologi, organisasi, aksi, kepemimpinan dan Amal Usaha. 3)Manfaat yang di rasakan oleh masyarakat adalah mereka merasa dengan adanya perubahan kepada masyarakat terutama para remaja yang bersifat positif, karena sebagaian besar telah memenuhi harapan masyarakat untuk membentuk pemuda-pemudi dengan kepribadian yang baik dan masih berpegang teguh dengan nilai nilai positif yang masih dikembangkan di masyarakat.  AbstractThis research describes about the role and contribution of the Muhammadiyah Young Generationin to develop the values of community character that exist in the village of Penatarsewu. in this research involving ortomPemudaMuhammadiyah, NasyiatulAisyiyah, and Muhammadiyah Student Association as research subject.This research is descriptive qualitative, and data collection in this study using interview methods with resource, observation and documentationWhile in the case of data wetness proof using technique trianggulasi technique and trianggulasisource.The results obtained in this study are:1) the role of the Muhammadiyah Young Generation in developing the character of the community in Penatarsewu Village, by conducting several activities that can involve the community.2) More characteristic values are applied, almost all of the 18 character values can be achieved, especially in the value of the religious character, while the values of the characters associated with the revitalization of the movement in Muhammadiyah AMM apply more in theology, organization, action, leadership and charity Business.3) Benefits felt by the community is that they feel with the changes to the community, especially the teenagers who are positive, because most have met the expectations of the community to form young people with a good personality and still stick with the value of positive values that are still developed in society.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-468
Author(s):  
Eko Yudhistira ◽  
Syafruddin Kalo

Community social problems such as gambling, drinking, drug abuse, which is hereinafter referred to as social disease, are a problem that will be continuously faced in big cities and in areas such as rural areas. These social ills are generally experienced by young people (productive age). This will certainly be a new obstacle for the progress of a nation. Young people who are in the productive age group will spend a lot of time and opportunity when they are involved in the social ills of the community. Therefore we need joint steps from the central government, regional government, private sector, community, family and others to find solutions to problems that occur. Community service activities in Jati Rejo Village, Pagar Merbau Sub-District, Deli Serdang Regency are intended to find out the development of social conditions in the village and provide legal counseling about community social ills to communities in Jati Rejo village with the hope that the community will be more introspective and aware not to be involved in various activities that are against the law.


1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Dyer

The village community has a shadowy existence in historical writing about the English Middle Ages. With a few honorable exceptions, scholars have been reluctant to assign to the village any central place in their account of medieval society. In some cases it is ignored or given such small emphasis as to imply that it was of little importance, and it is still necessary to provide evidence for the existence of the community and its organization.This essay is concerned first with questions of definition and locating the village community's role in society and government. Second, the problem of the community's decline will be investigated, examining the relationships between villagers, mainly in the peak period of social and economic development around 1300, and then exploring the evidence for deterioration in the unity of the village after 1350. This is intended to reexamine the subject in the light of recent work and in particular to consider the skepticism about the collective nature of peasant society. Attention will also be given to the idea that late medieval villages were as divided in their social structure and as collusive with outside authorities as were their successors in the early modern period.


Author(s):  
Kati Kanto

The North as an Empowering Place: Young People’s Experiences of Space and Place in the Novels Ykä yksinäinen (”Lonely Ykä”, 1980) and Kehnompi Kettunen (“The Inferior Kettunen”, 1986) by Anna-Liisa Haakana The subject of my article is Anna-Liisa Haakana’s two novels for young people: Lonely Ykä (My One-Legged Friend and Me) (1980) and The Inferior Kettunen (1986). By analyzing Haakana’s novels I study how young people living in northern Finland experience different spaces and places. The main characters of the novels, 15-year-old Ykä and Jukkis, discover their own sexuality, relationships and themselves in the space of nature. It leads them to feel deep love and attachment, topophilia, toward the North. Important places are also the isolated cabins in the middle of nature, where the boys can spend nights and train to cook and manage themselves. The nature functions as a compensation for the lack of such places that are usually important to young people. The boys meet friends in the center of the village as well, usually in cafés of gas or bus stations. These kind of places can increase their feelings of anxiety and hate, topophobia of the North: competition among young people, drinking and other troubles are born there. Other reasons for topophobia are the state of unemployment, the tattle of others, who know one another well, and the negative TV news from countries stricken by war and famine. Despite the topophobia present in these books, the North is depicted as a place where the young characters of Haakana’s books feel such a deep love, topophilia, toward the North, that they want to stay there. Their feelings of topophobia are only temporary.


Liquidity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
M. Koesmawan ◽  
Darwin Erhandy ◽  
Dede Dahlan

In order to meet the needs of living which consists of primary as well as secondary needs, human can work in either a formal or an informal job. One of the informal jobs that is became the subject of this research was to become an ojek driver. Ojek is a ranting motorcycle.  Revenue of ojek drivers, accordingly, should be well managed following the concept of financial management. This research was conducted for the driver of the online motorcycle drivers as well as the regular motorcycle drivers they are called “The Ojek”. Ojek’s location is in Kecamatan (subdistrict) Duren Sawit, East Jakarta with 70 drivers of ojeks. The online ojeks earn an average of Rp 100,000 per day, can save Rp 11,000 to 21,000 per day, while, the regular ojek has an average income per day slightly lower amounted to Rp 78,500, this kind of ojeks generally have other businesses and always record the outflow of theirs money. Both the online and regular ojeks feel a tight competition in getting passengers, but their income can help the family finances and both ojeks want a cooperative especially savings and loans, especially to overcome the urgent financial difficulties. Almost all rivers, do not dare to borrow money. They are afraid of can not refund the money as scheduled.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Nur Syafiqah Hussin ◽  
Naqiah Awang ◽  
Farah Husna Mohd Fatzel

Covid-19 is an unprecedented crisis that has affected almost all industry players including education. It has transformed our way of life and introduced a new normal to how things are done. As an effort to contain the outbreak of pandemic Covid-19, universities have shifted to online learning. In line with this, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has decided to execute open and distance learning (ODL) for the current semester until 31 December 2020. ODL introduces a different learning environment as compared to the traditional classroom that requires students to be self-reliant in learning new things. Hence, the purpose of the study is to explore students’ experiences in the process of knowledge transfer through ODL specifically for accounting subjects. A questionnaire was distributed to students who were taking the subject of Introduction to Financial Accounting and Introduction to Cost Accounting in UiTM Pahang Kampus Raub and a total of 206 responses were received. The study found over half of the students enjoy learning through ODL but only one-third were looking forward to having ODL for the next semester. Poor internet connection is the main reason found in the study that makes ODL not preferred by the students. At the same time, few features were highlighted by the students about ODL such as the advantage of pre-recorded video to catch up the new material and flexibility for them to learn at their own pace.


1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-335
Author(s):  
Khwaja Sarmad

This book is a comprehensive analysis of farmers' movements in India with a focus on the movements in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnatka. It examines the economic, social and political aspects of the farmers' struggle for a better deal within regional and national perspectives and evaluates the potential impact of these struggles on economic development in general, and on rural development, in particular. In a most competent way the author has presented the current state of the debate on the subject. He deals exhaustively with the subject of agricultural price policy and argues against the proposition that favourable price-setting for farm products is adequate to alleviate rural poverty. A better way to tackle this problem is to improve the per capita output in the rural sector, since the root cause of the problem is not unfavourable terms of trade but the increasing proportion of land holdings, which are economically not viable. Agricultural price policy is analyzed within the context of class relations, which enables to establish a link between the economic and political demands of the farmers. This analysis leads the author to conclude, that in contrast with the peasants' movements in India, which helped to break up the feudal agrarian set-up, the recent farmers' movements, with a few exceptions, have little revolutionary content. Their leadership has been appropriated by the rich landowners, who have transformed the movements into a lobby for advancing their own interests, within the existing power structure, to the neglect of the poorer peasantry.


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