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  1. 1. Victims, Exotic Warriors or Heroines? Framing the motivations of Kurdish female fighters in the war against Islamic State

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Författare :Bafrin Eskandari; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Kurdish female fighters; YPG; YPJ; PKK; Peshmerga; Media; Motivation; Framing; Orientalism; Women; Middle East; Political violence; Islamic State; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on investigating how the three British newspapers, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the BBC News, frame the motivations of the Kurdish female fighters joining armed forces in the war against Islamic State. It also explores, what are the reasons behind these portrayals and in what ways Kurdish female fighters challenge the existing discourse of Middle Eastern women. LÄS MER