Browsing by Subject "Society"
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Community economic development ultimately ensures social development
(BRAC University, 2008)Community Economic Development (CED), a North American perspective which focuses on creating employment, income maintenance, empowering powerless and poor people, business development, sharing ownership, and government ... -
Cultural assimilation & attitude of non-native middle school students and adults in Dhaka: a comparative study
(BRAC University, 2014-04-15)This research aims to identify and examine the key factors that play a vital role in the cultural assimilation and attitudes of non-native speakers of Bangla at an International school in Dhaka where English is the medium ... -
Differences in men and women’s language: A case study of soap commercials
(Brac University, 2023-01)In current society, the differences between men and women are particularly noticeable. We very clearly distinguish between men and women. Men and women have distinct physical characteristics, but there are also other ... -
Fallen” to new women: reflection on the social condition of women in light of modernist expression in the novels of Virginia Woolf and Kate Chopin
(Brac University, 2022-01)The main focus of my thesis is that I want to analyze the situation and the position of women in the society of late 19th and early 20th century in light of modernist expression and how the then society shaped women’s lives ... -
An inside view of Qawmi girls’ madrasa in Bangladesh: An anthropological study
(Brac University, 2022-10)This research paper provides an idea of Qawmi Girls’ madrasa in Bangladesh, demonstrating the construction of Muslim womanhood based on moral guidance and the devoted lifestyles of the madrasa’s female students. As a ... -
Intersecting feminism: gender, identity, and liberation in their eyes were watching God and The God of Small Things
(Brac University, 2023-12)Women are not given their due social rights from time immemorial. To investigate the deplorable condition of women, two novels of different social contexts, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The God ... -
The mathar orna and authority among middle-class Bangladeshi women: Personal reflections on a collective phenomenon
(Brac University, 2022-05)This thesis explores the socio-cultural aspects of veiling among middle-class Bangladeshi women, especially the mathar orna. The subtle yet powerful maneuvering qualities of this specific form of veiling work to ensure ... -
Popular expectations of government: Findings from three areas in Bangladesh
(Programme for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), 2006-02)This paper presents findings from research into expectations from the government, based on focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and urban Bangladesh. The research was designed ... -
Respond in Covid-19 by “VAALO avant-garde Ltd.”
(BRAC University, 2020-09-25)VAALO avant-garde is an independent social business venture initiated to create a platform of value attention development learning options and promoting positive social values in progressive ideas, ethically led ... -
Why Sherlock Holmes is immortal: character and legacy
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Sherlock Holmes has been an endearing figure in the public consciousness for over a hundred years now. He has transcended the pages of the novel to become much more than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, could ever have ...
