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1. 1. From Bondage to Advocacy : Gender, Double Consciousness and Abolitionist Persuasion in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet

   Författare :Hanna Engström; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Harriet Jacobs; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; slave narrative; gender; double consciousness; abolitionism;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to explore how the interplay between gender and double consciousness is used as a rhetorical device in Harriet Jacobs’ autobiographical narrative “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (1861). Through a feminist theoretical lens and the concept of double consciousness I provide examples from the text illustrating Jacobs’ strategic use of different narrative techniques to convey her abolitionist message. LÄS MER

3. 2. Colonialism in The Expanse : A study of otherness, diaspora, and language in The Expanse

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Ida Sundberg; [2024]
   Nyckelord :science fiction; postcolonialism; The Expanse; the Other; creole; diaspora;

   Sammanfattning : This essay examined postcolonialism in the first two novels in The Expanse series, Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War. Using otherness, creole language, and diaspora, this essay argued that The Expanse used three groups to demonstrate postcolonialism, showing that the Belters are the oppressed group and Earth oppressors. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Howl of the Lone Wolf

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Författare :Jonna Rolfsson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Lone Wolf; Manifesto; Narrative; Targets; Right-wing; Underdog; Ideology; Social System; Social Order; Crisis; Violence; Mass-harm; Replacement; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Attacks of mass-harm perpetrated by lone actor terrorists, also known as lone wolves which they are called in this study, have been increasing in the last few decades and has become one of the main national security threats in Sweden. With the increase in attacks, so has the research on this type of terrorism, looking at ideological reasons, target selection and the radicalisation process as well as comparisons to group-based terrorism. LÄS MER

5. 4. “I Just Hated Being a Mother” : Stories of Czech Women who Experienced Motherhood Regrets

   Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Författare :Anna Holemá; [2023]
   Nyckelord :motherhood; maternal regrets; feminism; reproductive justice; pronatalism; intersectionality; qualitative research; having children; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the experiences of women - mothers who regret having children. In mainstream society, it is assumed that mothers find their roles fulfilling and it makes them happy despite possible hardships. The topic of maternal regrets is not discussed enough, it is still a taboo. 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