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Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif, Fayaz Muhammad, Matthew Light, Hina Fazal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discrepancies in Self-reporting of Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan : Concealment or misperception? [PDF]

Hum Nat
Halimbekh N, Campbell OLK, Xie Y, Erjan A, Dmitrieva A, Aisarieva A, Zhalieva Z, Toktorova D, Sooronbaeva CK, Mace R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Alexander Luria and Jean Piaget: Partial Reconstruction of Their Cooperation. [PDF]

J Hist Behav Sci
Ratcliff M, van der Veer R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Review Of The Occult In Russian And Soviet Culture By B. Rosenthal [PDF]

, 1998
Forrester, Sibelan E.S.
core   +1 more source

Neoliberal Governmentality and English Private Tutoring Among Rural Secondary School Students in Kazakhstan: A Quantitative Inquiry

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the nature, effectiveness, and implications of English private tutoring (EPT) among Grade 11 students in rural Kazakhstan. Drawing on survey responses from 160 students within a larger sample of 740, the study examines participation patterns, motivations, perceived benefits, and the financial and social costs ...
Anas Hajar, Mehmet Karakus
wiley   +1 more source

On the intergenerational transfer of ideas in aging and cancer research: from the hypothalamus according to V.M. Dilman to the mTOR protein complex according to M.V. Blagosklonny. [PDF]

Aging (Albany NY)
Golubev AG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

International Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

An appropriate technology of breastfeeding in China: 1949-1965. [PDF]

Med Hist
Wang X, Su J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source