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Semiotic Analysis of Gender Constructions among Facebook Users in Kenya
(2020-07-02)
This study aimed at examining how male and female identities are constructed using visual images posted in particular Facebook Groups frequented by Kenyans. To this end, the theory of Visual Social Semiotics by Kress and ...
Fighting HIV/AIDS through performing song: benga oral poetry in Homabay and Rangwe sub-counties in Homabay county, western Kenya
(2020-10-31)
This study examines the relationship between the artist, the performance and the audience. It examines the audience's interaction with the oral performances and analyzes the impact that these performances have on the ...
Girl child defilement” does the cultural practice determine the crime in the 21st century, a study of semi- rural Kenya, Rongo sub county
(International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research (IJMSSSR), 2020-10)
Girl-child defilement is a specific form of child sex abuse occurring in many communities around the
world. Girls are vulnerable defilement because of their inability to physically resist the male perpetrators and to make ...
Construction of Feminine Identity through Metaphor in Facebook Discourses
(2020-08-08)
One of the ways through which people construct their identities and others' identities is through use of conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphors are not just elements of language but are elements of thought as well and ...