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Narrative dissidence, spoof videos and alternative memory in China by Li, Siling

“…This article explores a special type of trickster discourse, networked spoof videos and the ‘narrative dissidence’ embedded in their construction of an alternative memory in China. …”
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A social identity analysis of dissident Irish republicanism in Northern Ireland by de Heus, Annabelle L.

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COMMUNICATIONS THE PANGS OF GENDER POLITICS by Couillard, Marie-Andree

“…"Dissident" interpretation of men-women relations among rural Malays of the past (dissident with regard to a certain type of feminist analysis presuming the universality of patriarchy). …”
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Bite your tongue: Antonin Artaud and the Neo-Avant-Garde by Bradnock, Lucy E.

“…This exhibition catalogue essay examines the reception in the United States of the work of French dissident surrealist Antonin Artaud, and its impact on visual art practice during the post-war period. …”
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Relativism and intolerance, two sides of a coin: Qur’ānic exposition by Bahari, Che Amnah

“…Although doubting some reports on the about such empirical claims, this paper contends that relativism has dissident explanatory outcome. Concentrating on the library research and finding, the focus of the outcome is its disloyalty to ethical understanding which in turn undermines (i) reason and (ii) the idea of moral progress. …”
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The utilisation of online alternative media and its implications towards participatory democracy: A Malaysian case / Azlina Kamaruddin by Kamaruddin, Azlina

“…Online alternative media assist in spearheading some other relevant issues that reflect the undercurrent of discontentment or otherwise the participation of peoples’ voices towards democracy. Dissident voices become aloud without fear to voice out their opinions and dissatisfaction on political issues via online alternative media. …”
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The mirror and the map: Central Europe in the late prose of Danilo Kiš by Zoric, Vladimir

“…The article examines Danilo Kiš’s essayistic and narrative articulations of the cultural space of Central Europe in the context of dissident debates and the Yugoslav political crisis. …”
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Analysis on aspects of traditional (‘indigenous’) and western thinking in the classical and modern Burmese elites’ discourse concerning madness. by Myint Zan

“…The article concludes with an analysis of the possible causes of the lack of interest, discussion and discourse among even a handful of Burmese elites on the ‘dissident’ theories of Foucault and Szasz on the subject.…”
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The scarlet letter and postmodernism by Asim Karim

“…In countering and opposing the metanarratives, both establish a space for the legitimization of pluralism, diversity and heterogeneity as well as post modern liberation from the totalitarian persecution of the marginalized and the dissident voices.…”
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East German intellectuals and public discourses in the 1950s: Wieland Herzfelde, Erich Loest and Peter Hacks by van der Wall, Hidde Tjakke

“…Approaches such as these rely on schematic black-and-white oppositions, e.g. the dichotomy of conformity and dissidence, and present the East German cultural public spheres in a top-down way as a closed space in which a supposedly monolithic and deceitful Party ideology dictates what can be said or written. …”
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The life and works of Vladimir Voinovich : the satirist as exile by Farmer, Rachel S.

“…The writing of Chonkin sealed Voinovich's fate as an emerging `dissident', and after its unauthorised publication abroad, he was persuaded to leave the Soviet Union. …”
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The utilisation of online alternative media and its implications towards participatory democracy: a Malaysian case / Azlina Kamaruddin by Kamaruddin, Azlina

“…Online alternative media assist in spearheading some other relevant issues that reflect the undercurrent of discontentment or otherwise the participation of peoples' voices towards democracy. Dissident voices become aloud without fear to voice out their opinions and dissatisfaction on political issues via online alternative media. …”
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The evil witch in the Malaysian fairy tale: the bifurcated representations of Rosmah Mansor post the 1MDB scandal by Selvarajan, Tamyra

“…This strategy can be regarded as a dissident challenge to Rosmah and the corrupt political systems that maintain her power. …”
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Poetics of Authenticity by Burenius, Axel

“…Analysing her employment of counter-narratives using a Bordieuan framework, I examine the truth-claims underpinning her public persona as a dissident writer ‘giving a voice’ to the repressed. …”
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A new-historicist reading of Raymond Carver's representation of the working class and masculinity by Shariati-Rad, Saman

“…Then as a second objective, I determine the dissident discourses of the working class and masculinity injected by Carver's 1970s and 1980s short stories into the sociocultural arenas of the era. …”
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An analysis of the parliamentary opposition to the national government's handling of the international situation, November 1935 - May 1940 by Giles, Donald

“…Separately, however the dissidents achieved little, primarily because each group was crippled by a lack of cohesiveness within its own ranks. …”
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The Maldives in transition : human rights and voices of dissent by Didi, Aminath

“…Data gathered through interviews with activists and dissidents, as well as policy and law makers were analysed using grounded theory methodology.Increasing domestic opposition as well as international pressure from transnational advocacy networks and international aid donors steered the Maldives from a path of relative isolation in the 20th century, into the globalised world of the 21st century. …”
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Social implications of using online alternative media towards participatory democracy in Malaysia by Kamaruddin, Azlina, Ghazali, Rahmat, Muda, Mariah

“…In this context, understanding the Internet should be in terms of the relationship between different actors to serve for participatory democracy.Now many types of horizontal dialogues are possible through email, chat rooms, discussion boards, usenets, real-time audio and video conferencing.Public feel disappointed since their opinions, needs, and consumptions were not well covered and reported through the mainstream media.Dissident voices become dominant group in order to voice out their views.This study explores the social implications of using online alternative media towards participatory democracy in Malaysia.The method employed for the collection of data is through phenomenological study where the data were collected using online asynchronous interview via emails. …”
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'Hybridity' in the novels of Ananda Devi by Kistnareddy, Oulagambal Ashwiny

“…However, it also has many dissidents. Hybridity’s ambiguous status as a colonial, negative term that has been reappropriated to undermine notions of purity and essentialism, can be quite problematic. …”
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