Sökning: "postcolonial"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 862 uppsatser innehållade ordet postcolonial.

  1. 11. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Författare :Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
    Nyckelord :Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

    Sammanfattning : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. LÄS MER

  3. 12. SPORTSWASHING: En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av begreppet sportswashing i brittisk media – en mjukmaktskapande aktion omgärdad av postkoloniala värderingar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Oskar Andersson; [2023-02-09]
    Nyckelord :Sportswashing; Orientalism; Eurocentrism; Postcolonialism; Soft Power; Content analysis; Sports; Media; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Qatar;

    Sammanfattning : In the last few years the term ’sportswashing’ has been made popular by human rights organisations and sportsmedia in relation to the involvement in sports by states and individuals aiming to extract soft power and, or, laundry it’s reputation and strengthen it’s image. States, corperations and private individuals participations in sports through hosting, or owning, competitions or clubs, is today something that can be seen as highly political. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Cultural Clash and Colonial Consequences: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Foosey Abdulgadir; [2023]
    Nyckelord :European missionaries; Christianity; Postcolonialism; Igbo culture; Cultural clash; Christian missionaries; ancestral spirits; British colonialists;

    Sammanfattning : This paper explores Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (1958) within the context of postcolonial theory, focusing on the clash between traditional Igbo culture and the forces of European imperialism. Achebe's work serves as a response to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) and challenges the stereotypical portrayal of Africans. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Post apartheid challenges according to South African journalists : A qualitative study of how South African journalists evaluate the relationship between their ethnicity and work

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Författare :Frida Larsen; Ebba Eriksson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Postcolonialism; apartheid; journalism; professional identity; South Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a bachelor's thesis based on a Minor Field Study conducted in Cape Town,South Africa between October and December 2022. This research is a qualitative studyand nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with South African journalistsduring the field study. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Litteratur i transit : Svensk presentation och reception av transkulturell litteratur kring millennieskiftet

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Författare :Jonas Frånander; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Världslitteratur; transkulturalitet; reception; paratext; litteraturkritik; litterära värden; globalisering;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with the reception of world literature novels and authorships between 1997 and 2003. The study analyses the Swedish book publishers' presentations and the newspaper reviews of fifteen authors and novels from geographical areas that are seen to be peripheral to Swedish culture. LÄS MER