In this paper, I present a narratological approach to the BioShock trilogy of games. I look at three narratological levels as they relate to space. At the level of the storyline, a large part of the game revolves around the piecemeal construction of the narrative of the game space – the narrative of the player's avatar is developed alongside the narrative of what happened to the space he is mov...

According to Stuart Hall’s theory of encoding and decoding, an audience member, based on their individual ideological perspectives, can read media texts in one of three ways: dominant, negotiated, or resistant. Hall’s theory, however, also implies that the producer will always encode a dominant or hegemonic message. Given semantically messy texts like music videos, however, producers now have t...

The woman image in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is vivid and forward-looking, which lays the foundation for feminism. Janie, heroine of novel, achieved spiritual growth by subverting traditional female male-dominated society. This essay will use Derrida's deconstructive criticism to subvert binary opposition text-older members a family deciding marriage fate younger generation, superi...

The film has the power to influence gender ideology. preservation of ideology can be noticed in portrayal women as weak people who are always intimidated both physically, sexually, and economically. image creatures is depicted Layangan Putus series. These series reach highest rank several Southeast Asian countries. describes a wife's pressure from her husband's affair struggle overcome it. This...

“islamic feminism” is an analytical-descriptive title by which western observers identify the intellectual activities of muslim women. muslim female scholars of “islamic feminism”, though there is no consensus among them about this label, have various approaches and subjects of study in relation to the field of islam and gender. aziza al-hibri and kecia ali are two of these muslim scholars whos...

This study is based on clinical sociological principles derived from Durkheim's and Weber's theories, as well as from contemporary research findings which suggest that religion and feminism can be social sources of empowerment for women. The theoretical orientation therefore incorporates social and cultural influences on behavior, as well as the intrapsychic and interpersonal decision-making pr...

Oppression of women is still common today. Feminism a social movement that strives to uphold justice for women. Feminists are doing various ways voice and resuscitate society about gender discrimination against Film media one the tools used by feminists make people aware issue. was chosen because film considered capable influencing shaping based on messages it conveys. "Miss Mrs Cops" blackhead...

Abstract Over the last few years, right-wing populism has increased its popularity and political weight, successfully merging with Euro-scepticism, nationalism, xenophobia, religious symbolism, aggressive forms of conservatism (e.g., anti-feminism, homophobia, and, in general, patriarchal politics). Several studies have focused on communication strategies contemporary populism, examining latter...

This study aims to find out how the discourse of 19th century women in Little Women movie. The analytical method is using critical analysis Norman Fairclough's model with three dimensional models, dimensions text, practice and socio-cultural practice. results show that emerging feminist liberal feminism. text dimension shows Jo March not wanting get married, struggling alone, being able be empo...

Many scholars and historians of Chinese medicine and science, in China as well as in the West, have claimed that the ancient Chinese, in particular the unknown authors of the medical classic Huangdi Neijing , anticipated William Harvey’s monumental discovery of the circulation of the blood ( xueye xunhuan) by more than two thousand years. This view has been widely accepted in both China and the...