Programme and Financial Management of JSY Scheme under NRHM: a Qualitative Study in Three South Indian States

Date: January 2, 2018 By: Editor Dr. D.C. Nanjunda Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Mysore University, Mysore-06. Email: ajdmeditor@yahoo.co.in  Volume VII, Number 2, 2017 I Full Text PDF DOI: 10.25274/bcjms.v7n2.v7n2mc04 Abstract Maternal mortality in rural parts is a burning issue today. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe and secured motherhood intervention under the National Rural Health…

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Awareness among Teachers about Right to Information Act-2005 with Special Reference to Their Experience and Streams

Date: January 3, 2018 By: Editor Dr. Pargat Singh Garcha Asst. Prof. GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar. Email: drpargat81@gmail.com  Volume VII, Number 2, 2017 I Full Text PDF DOI: 10.25274/bcjms.v7n2.v7n2sc05 Abstract This paper is an attempt to study influence of years of service (more than 5 years/ less than 5 years) and stream (arts/science), on awareness among teachers towards…

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Social Exclusion and the Empowerment of Muslims: A study of Uttar Pradesh

Date: August 17, 2017 By: Editor Farhan Abedi Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Email: farhanabedi.amu@gmail.com  Volume VII, Number 2, 2017 I Full Text PDF DOI: 10.25274/bcjms.v7n2.v7n2sc02 Abstract Social exclusion broadly refers to lack of participation in social life. It is a powerful form of discriminatory practice. In course of human development, exclusion has taken the form of segregating…

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Being an Animal on 9/11: Reinterpreting Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Panther” and “The Eighth Elegy”

Date: December 16, 2013 By: Editor Tim Keane, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, New York, USA  Download PDF Version I am ashamed of almost always tending toward a gesture of shame when appearing naked before what one calls an animal, a cat, for example, a seeing animal naked down to its hair…                                                                                             -Jacques Derrida.  I Recalling…

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History of Panchayati Raj Institutions in West Bengal and Participation of Women

Date: June 4, 2017 By: Editor Rifat Jabeen Research Scholar, Centre for Women’s Studies, A.M.U, Aligarh. Email id. rifat.jab@gmail.com  Volume VII, Number 1, 2017 I Full Text PDF DOI: 10.25274/bcjms.v7n1.sc-en-v7-01-01 Abstract This paper traces the origin and development of the origin of the Panchayati Raj System in West Bengal. The Panchayati Raj can be traced to Bengal Chawkidari Act which was passed…

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The concept of “Passing” and Transgender Identity: An Analysis of Jackie Kay’s Trumpet

Date: May 23, 2017 By: Editor Surinder Kaur Department of English, S.G.A.D. Govt. College, Tarn Taran, Punjab. Email: sandhu.surinder85@gmail.com   Volume VII, Number 1, 2017 I Full Text PDF DOI: 10.25274/bcjms.v7n1.en-v7-01-03 Abstract The concept of “Passing” dates back to eighteenth century meaning hiding one’s race or sexuality and passing as the priviledged race or sexuality. Black individuals passed as white in the…

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Not Rights but Place: Thoughts on Animal Studies in the Form of a Book Review

Date: December 16, 2013 By: Editor The book: Placing Animals: An Introduction to the Geography of Human-Animal Relations Author: Julie Urbanik Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012 Paperback: 206 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (August 2, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1442211857 ISBN-13: 978-1442211858 Review by Nell Kriesberg, North Carolina State University, USA Download PDF Version Julie Urbanik’s Placing Animals: An Introduction…

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Adopting a Mustang through an Anthropological Lens: Exploring Cultural Concepts across Species

Date: January 21, 2014 By: Editor Karen Dalke, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Download PDF Version Abstract We sometimes look to our closest primate relatives when exploring culture, while excluding other species. Rather than expect animals to conform to the definition of culture constructed by humans, what if we use other anthropological concepts to explain another species? Horses are very…

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Human-Animal Dialectic in Giorgio Agamben

Date: December 16, 2013 By: Editor P. Prayer Elmo Raj, Karunya University, Coimabtore, India Abstract The human-animal discretion marks a noteworthy dialectic in Agamben’s philosophical corpus that connotes the conception of human’s interconnection with the animal other has established anthropological features as inherently encountering the systemic networks of power that underlies the social echelons. The incomprehensible biblical image…

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Creaturely Stars: Animals and Performance in Cinema

Date: December 11, 2013 Author: Editor Stella Hockenhull, University of Wolverhampton, UK. Abstract In 2011, Uggie the dog appeared in Hazanavicius’s 2011 film, The Artist. This was not his first role having appeared beforehand in Lawrence’s adaptation of the novel Water for Elephants also 2011 where he is also listed as cast, and as a skateboarding dog in an advert, amongst his…

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