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Volume-III

, Issue-I

(FALL 2020)

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01 - Exploring the Absurdity of War and International Aid in the Novel 'Red Birds' by

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).01
10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).01      Published : Dec 2020

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    Discourse is a wide-ranging term to cover many forms of human utterances and textual forms of communication. Development through multiple stages gave birth to CDA which bridges the micro-structure of linguistic choices to macro-structures of social reality. Theorists like Van Dijk, Fairclough, and Fowler contributed to its development with the foundation provided by Halliday's SFL. The qualitative... Details

    War, International Aid, 'Red Birds', Discourse Analysis

    (1) Touqir Nasir
    Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Korea South-East Power Company, Azad Jamu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (2) Amna Mushtaq
    Lecturer, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Aneela Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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02 - Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief an

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02
10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02      Published : Dec 2020

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    The purpose of this study was to determine the cultural role of food myths, people's perceptions of socioecological food pattern and their tales. Myths and food play an important role in culture and lifestyle. How they seek satisfaction from the related socio-ecological foods. People use their cultural myths every day in life, significantly older generations in rural areas. The wider description o... Details

    Culture, Food, Myths, Perception, Socio-ecological, Punjab

    (1) Arslan Yousaf
    M.sc Student, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Laraib Arshad
    M.sc Student, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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03 - Lego-political Judicial Institution "Panchayat", A Journey from Colonial to Post

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).03
10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).03      Published : Dec 2020

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    Panchayat is a traditional judicial institute mostly remained in practice for centuries in various regions of Punjab. The transformation of traditional platforms into a Lego-political judicial institution has to be seen as the politics of judicial dispensation. The research is an attempt to investigate how political order is maintained through legal cover in social cosmos. The village Panchayat ha... Details

    Judicial Institution, Colonial, Postcolonial, Judicial Structure, Panchayat, Judicial Practice

    (1) Riaz Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Anthropology, Qauid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Amir Zia
    Department of Pakistan Studies, Qauid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Sociology, Qauid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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04 - Children's Schooling and Parental Migration: Empirical Evidence on the 'Left-beh

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).04
10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).04      Published : Dec 2020

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    This study examines the long-term effects of parental international migration on the schooling of children left behind in Pakistan. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically but the lack of parental care may cause relational and psychological problems that may affect children's welfare in the long term. The locale of the present study is district Gujrat where the labor mig... Details

    Children's Schooling, Parental Migration, Left Behind, Pakistan

    (1) Shahid Iqbal
    Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Anwaar Mohyuddin
    Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Riaz Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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05 - Socio-Cultural Implications of Son Preference: A Case of Danyor, Gilgit

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).05
10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).05      Published : Dec 2020

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    The study deals with the dilemma of son preference and its causes and consequences. The fieldwork was conducted in village 'Danyor' in Gilgit-Baltistan, for the period of six months. Socio-economic survey was conducted from seventy-five households, detailed in-depth interviews were taken from thirty respondents in addition to 35 case studies. The field findings revealed the prevailing perceptions ... Details

    Divorce, Son Preference, Patriarchy, Gender Discrimination, Abortion, Short Birth Interval

    (1) Aneela Sultana
    In charge/ Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Gulfam
    MSc Student, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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