Sökning: "YPJ"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet YPJ.

  1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Författare :STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Sammanfattning : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Författare :Råvan Talani; [2022]
    Nyckelord :YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Resistance is Freedom : A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis on the Armed Self-Defence of the YPJ in Rojava

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Sophie Polig; [2020]
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  5. 4. Feminists, Freedom Fighters and Daughters - A Discourse Analysis of the United States Media’s Portrayal of the Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Sophie Hogevall; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Discourse analysis; Gender; Islamic State; Kurdish female fighters; Media framing; Syria; YPJ; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to examine how the US media has portrayed the Kurdish female fighters in Syria. Since the battle of Kobane the fighters of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) have been sensationalised and received immense attention in western news media. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Totius Bellum - Konceptualisering av militärt- och socialt aktörskap utifrån feministisk teoribildning

    L2-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Lovisa Tillström; Mervan Sert; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Socialt aktörskap; YPJ; feminism; narrativ; självständigt sinnelag; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : When conflicts are depicted, men are often seen as primary actors, both regarding the military as well as the political sphere, which entails that women are excluded and merely seen as victims. The conventional theories concerning war therefore solely encapsule half of the population. LÄS MER