Sökning: "African heritage"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden African heritage.

  1. 1. Re-picturing Afro People and Bodies Beyond Institutional Practices : Uncovering Meaning in Visual Counter-Narratives

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Chloé Rigélo; [2023]
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    Sammanfattning : The legacy of colonial representational logics and the increasing role of visual media cemented,on a wide scale, the image of Afro people in the visual now the discourse and underlyingassumptions of poverty, lack, need and helplessness. The thesis investigates the modes of visualcounter-narratives outside of International Development institutional practices. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Claudia Bern; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ett uppsving ur samtiden : En studie om Lindy hop som immateriellt kulturarv och konflikterna inom performance och bevarandestrategier

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

    Författare :Adeline Löfroos; [2023]
    Nyckelord :intangible cultural heritage; practitioners; contemporary dance; Lindy hop; swing dance; conservation; power; performance; immateriellt kulturarv; utöva; samtida dans; lindy hop; jitterbug; swingdans; bevara; makt; performance;

    Sammanfattning : Syftet med denna studie är att belysa dansformen Lindy hop som immateriellt kulturarv och presentera de konflikter som finns kring förmedling och förvaltning i förhållande till dansen idag. Frågeställningarna redogör för vilka attityder som uppfattas bland utövare och experter när det gäller utövanderätten av ett immateriellt kulturarv och bevarandestrategier av en dansform i förändring. LÄS MER

  5. 4. L’altérité et la construction de l’identité analysées à l’aide de la focalisation dans La Lézarde et La case du commandeur d’Édouard Glissant

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Franska

    Författare :Marit Jongepier; [2022]
    Nyckelord :identity; othering; Glissant; La Lézarde; La case du commandeur; French West Indies; creolisation; focalisation; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis focuses on how Edouard Glissant uses othering as a tool while constructing an Antillean identity in two of his works, La Lézarde and La case du commandeur. The proposed identity is more suitable for the confusing reality lived by the Antillean people, consisting of the intertwining of a French culture on the one hand and a creole and African culture on the other. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Författare :KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Sammanfattning : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. LÄS MER