Browsing by Subject "Sexuality"
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Beyond the talking imperative: The value of silence on sexuality in youth-parent relations in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-04-15)Research conducted in various parts of the globe suggests that young people who can openly communicate with their parents about sexuality benefit in many ways. Correspondingly, in Bangladesh, the lack of an open communication ... -
Creating a public space and dialogue on sexuality and rights: a case study from Bangladesh
(© 2011 Rashid et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd., 2011)This article describes and analyses a research based engagement by a university school of public health in Bangladesh aimed at raising public debate on sexuality and rights and making issues such as discrimination more ... -
Experiencing shame: An affective reading of the sexual and reproductive health and rights classroom in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-01-11)This paper looks at how shame functions in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the classrooms for 13–19 year-olds in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Using the theoretical framework of affect, the ... -
Family and sexuality in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party and The Homecoming
(BRAC University, 2018-04)This dissertation seeks to explore the themes of family and sexuality among the characters in Harold Pinter‟s The Birthday Party (1922) and The Homecoming (1965). Harold Pinter is a modern British dramatist (1930-2008) ... -
Navigating towards a ‘Good future’: Significance of appearance in aspirations of Dhaka urban middle-class girls
(Berghahn Books, 2020)Against the backdrop of rapid urbanisation, appearance has become the core of Dhaka middle-class girl's understanding of who they are and who they want to be. This chapter investigates significance of appearance among ... -
Religion and muslim women: trajectories of empowerment
(BRAC University, 2011-06)The report is based on a two‐year research project in which we looked at women’s everyday engagement with religion. We aimed to gain insights into how women conceptualize religion, the norms and concepts through which ... -
Sexuality of female royals in renaissance plays: Duchess of Malfi, Gertrude and Cleopatra
(BRAC University, 2017-04)The Renaissance period, even at the height of its progression, saw limited improvement in women’s lives regardless of their socio-economic status. While men were engaging themselves in the pursuit of knowledge, inventing ... -
Sheltered: a thesis exploring the link between bhodrota and the sexual subjectivities of Bangladeshi middle-class new adults
(Brac University, 2022-08)Sheltered’ explores the cultural taboo about sexuality among the urban middle-class in Bangladesh, i.e. the bhodrolok, and the way it shapes sexuality and sexual norms/expectations. This taboo exists to maintain and ... -
Tracing the differences in the representation of ‘Queer’ identity found in few 20th and 21st Century novels
(Brac University, 2021-09)This paper aims to trace how the representation of „queer‟ characters in literature has metamorphosed over 20th to 21st century as traced in the novels Anne of Green Gables, Nightwood, Crossing and Call Me By Your Name. ...
