Sökning: "americans"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 175 uppsatser innehållade ordet americans.

  1. 1. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Eleonor Ivdal; [2023-10-05]
    Nyckelord :the Sierra Club; intersectional theory; discourse analysis; civilization; American wilderness; national park movement; gender; class; race; ethnicity;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kan socioekonomiska regionala ojämlikheter förklara den ökade affektiva polariseringen i USA? : En kvantitativ studie om affektiv polarisering i de amerikanskadelstaterna

    Magister-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Gustaf Westerlund; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The American public is more politically divided than it has been in a very long time. Americans are not only polarized in their policy preferences, but also in the way in which they view the other side. This type of feelings based polarization is called affective polarization, and it's on the rise in America. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Birgitta Sundell-Rånby; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Agriculture; German immigration; habitus; historic archaeology; landscape archaeology; Agrikultur; tyska immigranter; habitus; historisk arkeologi; landskaps arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Traces of the Past : Reclaiming Feminine and Maternal Identity in the Wake of Slavery, as Portrayed in the Novels Beloved and Jazz.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Författare :Ira Elaika Konduk; [2023]
    Nyckelord :motherhood; individuality; mutuality; African Americans; Black feminist criticism;

    Sammanfattning : Using Black feminist criticism, this study will examine the influence of the multifaceted yet simultaneous system of oppression on individuality and mutuality in the aftermath of slavery, as depicted in Toni Morrison’s works in Beloved and Jazz. Furthermore, this essay will explore the effects of the intersecting system of oppression on the characters’ identity formation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Aesthetic injustice

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Författare :Jessica Rodarte; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Aesthetic injustice; potential aesthetic agents; testimonial aesthetic injustice; hermeneutical aesthetic injustice; aesthetic dysfunction.;

    Sammanfattning :   I argue that talking about aesthetic injustice implies reflection about some failures on the exercise of aesthetic judgment due to mechanisms of oppression, which have a negative impact on the development of potential aesthetic agents.  I claim that mechanisms of oppression like aesthetic identity prejudice, oppression or lack of recognition of sensitivities, and aesthetic dysfunctionality in sites of enunciation continue undermining the degree of validation of potential aesthetic agents - who mostly belong to historical oppressed groups like women, black people, indigenous, native Americans, among others. LÄS MER