Sökning: "Feminist Postcolonial Theory"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 74 uppsatser innehållade orden Feminist Postcolonial Theory.

1. 16. Combating GBV and Building Feminist Peace in the Southern Cameroon Armed Conflict: The case of WILPF- Cameroon and SCEW.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Bibiana Bienka'a Tanda; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Gender-Based Violence; armed conflict; cultural norms; Women’s organisations; feminist Peace.; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Gender-based violence (GBV) be it in peace or conflict settings is a persistent problem that has gained grounds and concerns for activists, women’s organisations, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in general and international bodies like the United Nations. Social inequalities and cultural ideologies inform GBV and other forms of violence that are amplified in war times. LÄS MER

3. 17. The Adopted Daughter of Africa : A Close Reading of Joyce in Crossing the River from Postcolonial and Feminist Perspectives

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Ann-Louise Holmlind; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; slavery; postcolonialism; the Black Atlantic; the African diaspora; feminism; racism; hope;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract   The aim of this essay is to explain why Caryl Phillips presents Joyce as "the adopted daughter of Africa" at the end of Crossing the River (1993). This will be done by performing a close reading. This essay will focus on Joyce’s actions and behaviour. LÄS MER

4. 18. Pro-life, Positioning and Imperialism - A Critical Discourse Analysis of U.S. Foreign Aid Statements on Abortion and Reproductive Health

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Charlotte German; [2020]
   Nyckelord :United States of America; Foreign Aid; Abortion; Critical Discourse Analysis; Postcolonial Feminist Theory; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis uses Critical Discourse Analysis to explore how the practice of abortion is defined and created in U.S. presidential administrations’ statements on foreign aid, how the discourses regarding abortion and reproductive health have changed between 1984-2019 and how the U.S. LÄS MER

5. 19. In Danger or Dangerous? : A discourse analysis of representations of Swedish women and children affiliated with ISIS after the breakdown of the 'caliphate'

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Sofia Trygged; [2020]
   Nyckelord :ISIS; securitization; gender; racism; discourse analysis;

   Sammanfattning : After the fall of ISIS ‘caliphate’, Sweden and other European countries are struggling with how to handle the group of people who left Europe to join the terrorist organisation and now seek to return. In traditional narratives of gender and war, women and children are commonly perceived as innocent victims in need of protection. LÄS MER

7. 20. Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Daniela Basto da Silva; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Sweden Sex Purchase Act; prostitution; sex workers; postcolonialism; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. LÄS MER