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Thinking outside the Chinese Box: David Mitchell and Murakami Haruki’s subversion of stereotypes about Japan

New Voices, 2009
Japan has often been portrayed by orientalist stereotypes, as famously framed by Edward Said, that were mainly constituted within Europe and North America.
Chikako Nihei
doaj   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

‘They Called Them Communists Then … What D'You Call ‘Em Now? … Insurgents?’. Narratives of British Military Expatriates in the Context of the New Imperialism [PDF]

, 2010
This paper addresses the question of the extent to which the colonial past provides material for contemporary actors' understanding of difference. The research from which the paper is drawn involved interview and ethnographic work in three largely white ...
Becky Taylor, Ben Rogaly, Bonnett A., Byrne B., Charlesworth S., Cohen N., Collins M., Fanon F., Fanon F., Foot P., Gove M., Hanley L., King R., Kynaston D., Legg S., O'Reilly K., Paul K., Said E., Sennett R., Skeggs B., Sriskandarajah D., Young R.   +21 more
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From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone, Natasha Palmer, Amina Olabi, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ben Ngoye, Zahid Ali Memon, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Karin Diaconu, Alastair Ager, Sophie Witter   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
wiley   +1 more source

METODE MUHADDITSIN DI ERA MODERN

Jurnal Ushuluddin, 2016
After the era of tadwin, almost all disciplines of knowledge in the Islamic world, including the study of hadith, was considered “running on the spot.” Yet, attention and maintenance of the hadith was still favored by intellectuals.
Adriansyah Adriansyah
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Metabolome analysis identified exogenous cholesterol within lipid rafts that activate the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in epithelial ovarian cancer

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a severe malignancy with few effective treatment options. While the mechanisms remain unclear, changes in lipid metabolism may fuel tumor growth and EOC progression, offering a possible path for new treatments.
Hitomi Sakaguchi‐Mukaida, Kosuke Hiramatsu, Tatsuo Masuda, Mamoru Kakuda, Satoshi Nakagawa, Tadashi Iwamiya, Shinya Matsuzaki, Tetsuji Naka, Yutaka Ueda, Tadashi Kimura, Michiko Kodama   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Analysis of Dr. Bill Warner’s Allegations Regarding the Jews of Banu Qurayza

Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies
Orientalists have missionary emotions regarding Islam. They cannot tolerate the glory and rapid spread of Islam. That’s why they spread fear, doubts, and reservations against the Quran, Hadith, Fiqh, and Seerah.
Asif Imran, Ata ur Rahman, Dr. Aliya Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Oriental Otherness: Hollywood's Moral Geography of Arab Americans

Mashriq & Mahjar, 2016
How do filmmakers in the United States play a role in perpetuating narratives of belonging to the American culture? What is the marking line between Orientalist and post-Orientalist articulations of Arabness?
Waleed F. Mahdi
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source