A poem is able to construct and represent various events, that relates in people's lives, such as habits, family life, married history so on. Poetry an expression dense, concise full of meaning. has a characteristic using short sentences consists only three stanzas. In poetry, there are many expressions expressed indirectly it requires deeper Each certainly different characteristics packaging r...

The timing of these two special issues on Postmodernism, Marketing and the Consumer (Vol. 10, No. 3 and Vol. 11, No. 4) is, indeed, curious. On the one hand, postmodernism is just becoming a recognized discourse within business disciplines, and these special issues represent the first concerted effort within the consumer research and marketing disciplines to treat the subject. On the other hand...

‘New Digital Cartesianism’ investigates the socio-material power inequities embedded in text-based, computer-mediated communication (CMC). Is the body really transcended in text-based computer-mediated communication? This article summarizes software and hardware advertising ‘hypes’, cyber-enthusiast ‘hopes’, and the ‘actualities’ of CMC which contradict this virtual dream of pure minds communic...

Background: Irregular bleeding is one of the most common side-effects of hormonal contraception and a key reason for the discontinuation of hormonal methods. Study Design: A qualitative study in which twelve young women were interviewed in-depth, along with six focus group discussions. The study had two main research objectives: to document and investigate what young women think and feel about ...

The neo-classical framework ignores the interaction between individuals and is not at all interested in the nature of the relationship that links individuals through the market. However, the market is a place for social integration where the individuals necessarily use their interaction abilities. In other words, the integration depends directly on a rationality that we could call, inspired by ...

6 In a recent essay outlining principles for rethinking the future of library collections, Dan Hazen, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Development, notes that “[research] libraries have traditionally built their reputations on the basis of their collection size and also the depth and breadth of rare book holdings and their special collections.” Even in light of digitization...

Despite the increase in demand for cosmetic surgery there is little evidence on a national level regarding demand for surgery or how many people have actually had it. We analyse a module of questions commissioned for a national survey conducted in 2009 to examine the incidence of cosmetic surgery, and how it relates to self-assessed attractiveness and body image in Australia. Unsurprisingly, wo...

A distinctive feature of all human languages is the diverse and arbitrary nature of the sign (signifier). This can be interpreted as stating that the mapping between signals and referents is established by convention rather than by functional constraints. This property of the sign provides for a great deal of linguistic flexibility and is a key component of symbolic communication. Game theoreti...

INTRODUCTION Understanding how academic dominant discourse is implicated in the shaping of nursing identity, professional aspirations and socialization of nursing students is useful as it can lead to strategies that promote nursing profession. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a qualitative research conducted through discourse analysis approach. Semi-structured interviews, focus group, and direct...

in the arts and social sciences of the past. There is a rather abbreviated discussion of what exactly a metaphor is. David Leary's Metaphors in the history ofpsychology is cited but not discussed. Lacan's ideas about metaphor and metonymy in relation to neurosis are not mentioned. The chapter closes with the argument that the "disappearance" of hysteria after 1900 was due to over-extension of t...