The rich cultural heritage is gradually loosing its value, respect and identity. The present generation is focusing on outside changes with drastic influences and not realizing the damage caused on the withering of their cultural traditions. This paper seeks to discuss the importance of literature as a vehicle for the preservation of cultural heritage in relation to some of many major issues ta...

nowadays, a well-known phenomena thatinfluences the life style of many all around the world is “americanconsumerism” which can be taken into consideration as a global trend. themodern age is featured with the effect of technological advances in all aspectsof life whether in life style or consumption pattern. the mexican society andthe youth in particular are not an exception in this regard. hav...

This paper addresses the uncanny valley effect of humanoids from a gender studies perspective. On that account it suggests to link the construction of the human-computer interface to the construction of the cultural order of the two genders. This connection is derived from a rereading of the Turing test. A semiotic view on computer science serves as epistemological grounding of the analysis. Th...