Tradition and Modernity of Humanity

Journal of Arts, Meaning and Public Life

Performing Gender Order: Cultural Meaning-Making in Humanist Wedding Ceremonies

The article examines how gender order and cultural meanings are negotiated in one type of alternative rite of passage, namely humanist (personalised, non-religious, usually provided by secularist associations) wedding ceremonies. Drawing on empirical research conducted in Poland between 2016 and 2021, the study shows t...

THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STORIES OF AJARIAN WOMEN IN THE BLACK SEA CONTEXT

Revisiting old oriental identities through contemporary family narratives

This research note explores the institution of the family in the Near Eastern context, with particular emphasis on Lebanon as a multicultural and multi-religious society shaped by strong traditional values. The study aims to analyze the continuity of the Lebanese traditional family model, the influence of religion on f...

Exploring Hybrid Identity in the Novel: A Bhabhaian Perspective

This study explores Homi K. Bhabha’s concept of cultural hybridity, with particular emphasis on the formation and transformation of hybrid identities in a postcolonial context. Drawing on Bhabha’s theoretical framework, the study examines how memory, cultural negotiation, and historical experience contribute to the rec...

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CONFUCIAN ETHICS IN NEZHA: BIRTH OF THE DEMON CHILD

Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child (2019) is a significant example of how contemporary popular cinema reconfigures traditional Chinese cultural resources. Previous studies have examined the film through perspectives such as mythology, adaptation, and cultural identity, they have paid limited attention to the reconstructio...