Sökning: "Britishness"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Britishness.
1. Den gröne mannens börda : Kolonial plikt i H G Wells The War of the Worlds
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikSammanfattning : In 1898, H G Wells published The War of the Worlds, a scathing indictment of colonialism from the perspective of the colonized. The following year, Rudyard Kipling penned The White Man’s Burden, describing colonial conquest as driven by duty, for the sake of the subjugated. LÄS MER
2. ¿Qué lengua are you speaking? - ¡El llanito! : El uso del cambio de código entre el español y el inglés en Gibraltar
Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierSammanfattning : In this study the linguistic situation of Gibraltar has been investigated, especially the phenomenon of the Llanito, that is, a linguistic variety that is the result of the intense contact between the English and Spanish languages in this bilingual territory. An attempt has been made to answer the following questions: When and why do Llanito speakers change languages? Is it about mixing or alternating code? Which of these two phenomena is the most frequent? How is the situation of Llanito today? In order to achieve the objectives of the study, an analysis of 10 interviews conducted within the oral history project Bordering on Britishness has been done using the qualitative method with some elements of the quantitative method. LÄS MER
3. Performing islam in europe : a case study of Poetic Pilgrimage´s performance of empowerment in-between art and religion
Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudierSammanfattning : In this thesis I explore performances of empowerment in the work and artistic persona of Londonbased hip hop duo Poetic Pilgrimage. By using intersectionality, critical race and performance theories, I sketched a possible reading of their performance of religion in the complex context of their positionality as black, british, women, muslim converts and performing artists. LÄS MER
4. Parallel Worlds in British Fantasy Film
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/EngelskaSammanfattning : The thesis deals with the representation of fantasy in modern film with special regards to parallel-world stories. In order to demarcate parallel worlds from other types of magical worlds in fantasy stories, the thesis contains an extensive chapter of definitions. LÄS MER