The present research demonstrated that in considering an action, considerations against (con) the action tend to be subordinate to considerations in favor of (pro) the action in that cons are considered only if the level of pros is sufficient, whereas pros are considered independent of the level of cons (Studies 1A and IB). The authors therefore concluded that pros constitute a higher construal...

The present paper attempts to explore the body in relation theatricality Bode Jatra, tongue-piercing festival of Newar community Bode, Bhaktapur. study treats as territorial site foreground how performance becomes theatrical, taking performativity tongue-piercing, its text. raving tongue piercing generates an expression cosmogonic consciousness. It encompasses movement both from micro and macro...

Medieval Scandinavian literature held a trope that bent the gendered actions and presentations of its characters, which in turn changed their social standing within stories: more masculine action or presentation, higher individual ascended. Furthermore, homophobia transphobia have been prevalent academia for decades, has resulted overlook queer characters medieval literature. Countering these h...

This research aims at analyzing the concept of iltifāt “twist” and its main function in the Qur’an. The Qur’anic style uses iltifāt for making a suddenness through which the entire grammatical perspective is changed. This suddenness makes concentration on another concept or meaning without forgetting the other. However, this twist makes the two meanings on core. This concept has been applied to...

The image of trans monstrosity has been firmly anchored in mainstream North American popular culture, most notably through films such as Psycho, Dressed to Kill, and Silence the Lambs. This cultural vilification had catastrophic effects on communities, stoking violence especially against trans-feminine people, promoting discrimination, severely affecting people’s self-images. By analysing two c...