Search results for "escapism"
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Muslim Martyrs and Pagan Vampires
2005
In December 2000 the government of Kano State in Muslim northern Nigeria reintroduced shari’a and established a new board for film and video censorship charged with the responsibility to “sanitize” the video industry and enforce the compliance of video films with moral standards of Islam. Stakeholders of the industry took up the challenge and responded by inserting religious issues into their narratives, and by adding a new feature genre focusing on conversion to Islam. This genre is characterized by violent Muslim/pagan encounters, usually set in a mythical past, culminating in the conversion of the pagans. This article will first outline northern Nigerian video culture and then go on to e…
Bringing the Past to Heel: History, Identity and Violence in Ian McEwan's Black Dogs
2007
Ian McEwan's 1992 novel Black Dogs employs postmodern understandings of history while also critiquing these same perspectives. In particular, by depicting the efforts of its protagonist, Jeremy, to write a memoir of his parents-in-law, it draws attention to the subjectivity of historical writing. While this quality has led some critics to condemn the novel for its escapism and amorality, the authors of the essay argue that Black Dogs is a statement about the necessity of history rather than its futility. Indeed, they read the text as a dramatization of humanity-s ability to bear rather than escape the often troubling burden of the past and an endorsement of the writing of history despite th…
Bēgšana no realitātes Maikla Šabona darbā „Kavaliera un Kleja brīnumainie piedzīvojumi”
2017
Šajā darbā tiek pētīta terminu “bēgšana no realitātes” un “literatūra bēgšanai no realitātes” nozīme, un tiek parādīts, kā laika gaitā ir attīstījusies šo jēdzienu uztvere. Darba galvenā daļa ir veltīta tam, lai analizētu, vai Maikla Šabona darbs “Kavaliera un Kleja brīnumainie piedzīvojumi” var tikt kategorizēts kā literatūra bēgšanai no realitātes, izpētot dažādus bēgšanas no realitātes veidus, kas parādās šajā grāmatā, kā arī izpētot attiecības starp fantastikas literatūru un Holokausta literatūru. Darba galvenais secinājums ir tāds, ka bēgšana no realitātes ne vienmēr ir bezjēdzīga un “Kavaliera un Kleja brīnumainie piedzīvojumi” ir grāmata, kas parāda bēgšanas no realitātes transformēj…
The interplay of intrinsic need satisfaction and Facebook specific motives in explaining addictive behavior on Facebook
2014
We conducted an online survey with 581 SNS users.We developed a scale measuring SNS addiction.SNS specific motives mediate the effect of intrinsic needs on SNS addiction.People try to compensate thwarted intrinsic needs with gratifications from SNS use.Gratifications sought from SNS use can cause addictive SNS usage patterns. The present paper aims at exploring the new phenomenon of social network site (SNS) addiction and at identifying predictors of problematic SNS use. For this purpose, a scale measuring addictive behavior specifically with regard to SNS use was developed. The effects of intrinsic need satisfaction in the offline context and of SNS-specific motives on SNS addiction were t…
A qualitative study of using movies as a means of escapism between Finns and immigrants in Finland
2017
Escapist use is often considered the main use for movies in Uses and Gratification research, however there is hardly a detailed account on such use, on what the movie audience escape into. The present study, which consists of a research article and a monograph, has tried to utilize a qualitative approach to provide a better understanding of escapist movie viewing. The other aspect of this research is trying to compare such use among Finnish nationals and immigrants in Finland to see how people from different backgrounds might vary in their escapist use of movies. Although no difference between Finns and immigrants living in Finland were seen in the data, due to limitation in its scale, this…
Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, XXXI
2021
The articles of Latvian and foreign researchers published in this issue represent various branches of humanities and social sciences. Researchers have used various research methods to help understand the research potential of scientific atheism and Soviet spirituality phenomena and their versatility and multi-layered nature.