In Indonesia, national broadcasting in the 21st century has been characterized by increasing Muslim normativity across the spectrum of commercial programming, along with sectarian clashes that have further marginalized religious minorities. This article investigates the case of a small, regional television station in one of the country’s Christian-majority provinces to explore the ways that suc...

This paper argues that men’s Halloween costumes do not offer insight on versions of hegemonic and non-hegemonic masculine performativity as much as Halloween costumes tell us about the colonization of masculinity by commercial interests, thus creating yet another version of branded masculinity. The data, from a content analysis of 100 images of men’s Halloween costumes, demonstrates the conside...

Evolutionary economics badly needs a behavioral theory of household consumption behavior, but to date only limited progress has been made on that front. Partly because Schumpeter’s own writings were focused there, and partly because this has been the focus of most of the more recent empirical work on technological change, modern evolutionary economists have focused on the “supply side”. However...

one of the most important playwrights who had a great influence and control on post-war american drama was arthur miller. in his plays, miller shows the contrasting values in american capitalistic society. in all my sons, he shows that how materialistic values become much more important in a society where people are alienated from each other and are fragmented. he also portrays a society which ...

This article considers a short text that was widely circulated in the mid- Roman Empire, both four-line and six-line version, usually on gemstones. The is poem of sorts, but quite distinctive type. Part it can be scanned according to rules classical (quantitative) metre, more striking consistent rhythmic (stressed) pattern. Stressed poetry not otherwise attested so early; this may point substra...

The consumers in the Indian society are vastly influenced by religion, societal values, belief system, and rootedness core tradition. These values strongly embedded their sub conscious mind sub-culture. Keeping of need each set customers, several FMCG brands cautious about launching India. cosmetics personal care industry is one fastest growing consumer products sectors buying behaviour greatly...

BACKGROUND Proper pre-operative facial analysis that includes a thorough evaluation of both the bony and soft tissue anatomy is paramount to success in performing aesthetic surgery of the face. Ethnic variations in soft tissue profile add an important variable to pre-operative facial analysis. The aim of our study was to determine the role of ethnic variations in soft tissue facial profiles th...