This article examines the vegetal agency taking place in novel Western (2005) (Western: A Novel, translated by Betsy Wing 2009) contemporary French writer Christine Montalbetti. Building on cinematographic performativity of itself and a materialist ecocritical approach, it studies mobility plants this narrative to identify how transmediality contributes engage foreground. analysis allows feed c...

Research concerning Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) General Theory of Crime has paid inadequate attention to the reliability and validity of self-control measures in non-Western settings, to the relationship between parenting and self-control in non-Western settings, and to Gottfredson and Hirschi’s assertion that macro-level cultural forces have little or no influence on criminal behavior. Th...

This study addresses Samuel Beckett’s most celebrated play, Waiting for Godot, in an effort to analyze its characters from a novel perspective. Since Greek mythology has been undisputedly influential on Western culture and literature, the researcher attempts to investigate a connection between Greek mythology and the play. This study aims to reveal that even after more than fifty seven years of...

Abstract The dramatic elements that are in Shellyseer have traveled for a long period of time and been affected by from different cultures, which means is result the evolution drama. This chapter draws attention to effect East West on each other, pointing out Aristotle’s Poetics —Western Theory—had Ghanem Al-Suliti’s —Eastern Literature. combines comparative literature with literary theory crit...

BACKGROUND The health status of older adults belonging to ethnic minorities in Western countries is an important public issue because their health is often less favourable than that of older adults from the majority population. In addition, the number of older adults belonging to ethnic minorities is increasing rapidly in Western countries. The introduction of community health workers (CHWs) ha...

Although social work is witnessing growing interest in spiritual and religious issues, little guidance has appeared in the literature to assist practitioners in addressing the unique spirituality of rapidly increasing non-Western populations. This article discusses the significant cultural/spiritual beliefs, practices, and values of Hindus, the largest Asian religion in the United States. Possi...

Background and Objective: Establishing and implementing high quality of nursing care for patients is the main objective of any nursing education system. However, the lack of proficient nurses all over the world led to a competition and collaboration among countries to train as much nurses with high skills and knowledge as possible. This paper aims at studying and comparing two nursing education...

Diasporas are rarely analysed from a hospitality perspective. The paper reviews and expands on existent literature regarding the Lebanese Diaspora and focuses on the Lebanese Diaspora in London. The paper discusses the conditional and absolute notions of hospitality in relation to western and non-western cultural norms. Hospitality is thus examined from a cultural perspective in order to unders...

Objectives: The involvement of parents in raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is crucial for both the child's development and family functioning. However, studies relating to parental involvement in parenting children with ASD mainly focus on the mother's perspective, resulting in a lack of understanding of the father's role. On the other hand, the father involvement in parenti...