A new-historicist reading of Raymond Carver's representation of the working class and masculinity by Shariati-Rad, Saman

“…It also shows how Carver helped to correct and improve the too often static and ideologically motivated portrayals of America's working-class masculinity. Lastly, following my third objective, I delineate Carver's typical image of the "working-class man" of 1970s and 1980s America. …”
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The portrayal of working class people in African novels: a study of Festus Iyayi`s Violence by Abubakar, Mohammed Sani, Mani, Manimangai

“…This essay investigates the depiction of the condition of working class people in African novels with particular reference to Violence by Festus Iyayi. …”

Female silence in K.S. Maniam's play The Sandpit: A Monologue by Wan Yahya, Wan Roselezam

“…It is his portrayal of the mental conflict of his female protagonist as a result of a polygamous marriage in a working-class Indian family. Maniam uses the monologue to convey his protagonist’s various emotions and thoughts which could not have been presented adequately if conveyed in dialogue form. …”
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An insight of Marxist-Feminism in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Lee, Agnes Yun Ing, Babaee, Ruzbeh, Sedehi, Kamelia Talebian

“…Marxist-Feminism highlights the unjustifiable inequality faced by the working class citizen. The effect is especially evidently shown on women who have been subjugated and oppressed in so many ways by men. …”
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Housing problems for middle and low income people in Bangladesh: challenges of Dhaka megacity by Shams, Shahriar, Shohel, M. Mahruf C., Ahsan, Amimul

“…The existing infrastructure facilities developed in Dhaka megacity cannot cope with the minimum living requirements of this poor working class floating population. The Dhaka city is exposed to an array of urban problems that could not be discussed in one paper. …”
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Dostoevsky's Protagonists as an Embodiment of Nineteenth Century Russia: A New Historicist Reading by M. Balakrishnan, M. B. Usha

“…The dissonance in the protagonists' multi-layered polemics is examined as the mediated discourse, which implies domination, inequality among the working class and a perpetuation of class distinction. …”
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Determinants of financial vulnerability mediated by financial management practices among civil servants in Peninsular Malaysia by Lee, May Poh

“…A better understanding of financial vulnerability will increase the awareness of all civil servants in planning their savings, expenses as well as consumption and the research results are able to provide practical implication to business owners as well as the managerial level to their organisational planning and thus enhance the motivation as well as the practices of the working class leading to their achievement for better performance.…”
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Conformity and resistance to hegemonic masculinity in selected novels of D.H Lawrence by Michael, Angelina Subrayan

“…Drawing on narrative data from a collection of four novels of Lawrence, this study examines how and why hegemonic masculinity is conformed and resisted among working-class men in gendered relationships. More specifically, the analysis focuses on how the same individual can negotiate, reject and align himself with the hegemonically dominant ideology of ‘tough’ masculinity and how he integrates a range of discursive strategies which help maintain manliness when dominant masculinity is at stake within his household. …”
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The Identification of Primary School Students with Symptoms of Dyslexia, Their Academic Achievements and Discipline Problems by Devaraj, Sheila Christine

“…This is consistent with studies carried out by the Ministry of Education that show that indiscipline predominates in the urban poor and working-class groups (Rahimah & Norani, 1998). A comparison was also made between the boys and girls and the findings showed that there was no significant difference in the total dyslexic score between the two sexes. …”
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Masculinities in the fiction of Pan Yutong and Li Tianbao by Ho, Kee Tee

“…In which the men were being exploited because of the difference of working classes and races, they are considered as practitioners of marginalisation of masculinity. …”
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