in this article naser al-din shah’s accounts of travels to europe (safar-nameh) have bee examined and criticised in a discourse analysis approach. by using this approach, attention has been paid to linguistic factors, co-text and context of the situation (social, cultural, political and historical), and institutional position, as well as the writer's attitude which has been effective in informi...

abstract cultural, social, economic, and political context of the art work is one of the important factors, that can improve and develop the theoretical achievements of the research project, if it is effectively and carefully contained in comparative and intercultural art studies. in this article, first of all we study the contextuality of artistic works and subjects from the theoretical perspe...

Matti Tedre, Erkki Sutinen, Esko Kähkönen, and Piet Kommers he world is increasingly dividing along digital lines that follow regional borders; in fact, they can also be seen to divide cultural groups [4]. The divide manifests itself as inequality in the use of information and communication technology (ICT). There has been intensive research on the new economy, working culture, and leisure time...

Fertility behaviour includes not only biological but also social reproduction, involving a complex network of institutions. As Fortes highlights: 'The process of social reproduction, in broad terms, includes all those institutional mechanisms and customary activities and norms which serve to maintain, replenish and transmit the social capital from generation to generation' (1958: 2). Biological...

this qualitative study presents women’s perceptions of domestic violence and their coping strategies based on self-narratives collected from a small sample in iran. by limiting women’s access to life opportunities, domestic violence is a major obstacle to social, economic, and political equity and by extension to development. violence against women goes beyond being a personal or a private issu...