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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 uppsatser innehållade orden slave trade.
1. Visualisering av tystade historier - En dekolonial kulturanalys av verket I firandet av vår kamp finns deras undergång
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperSammanfattning : The dominant narrative of history, prevalent in Sweden, is of a country which has no structural racism and that had no part in the colonization of the Americas or in the transatlantic slave trade. This is far from the truth, and this study connects Sweden’s role in the slave trade and as a country with colonial ambitions, as well as its history of racial biology, with the racialization of non-white bodies. LÄS MER
2. Coming to Voice Through Capoeira : Uncovering Ancestrality and Embodiments of the African Diaspora
Master-uppsats,Sammanfattning : Capoeira is an African diasporic art form that developed in Brazil during the transatlantic slave trade. This research explores the history of Capoeira and its contemporary engagement through an autoethnographic method. It follows the first-hand experience of being a black female researcher and a Capoeirista both in Europe and Brazil. LÄS MER
3. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. LÄS MER
4. När statskassan väger tyngre än människovärdet – Det svenska deltagandet i den transatlantiska slavhandeln från slutet på 1700-talet till mitten på 1800-talet
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenSammanfattning : This essay aims to examine and analyze the discussions of the Swedish participation in the transatlantic slave trade at the end of the 18th century and the debate concerning the abolishment of the Swedish slave trade and slavery in the middle of the 19th century. To examine this topic, a legal historical method with an analytical element will be used. LÄS MER
5. Crossing the River : An Example of Black Politics of Resistance
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : Caryl Phillis’s novel Crossing the River tells a story of the African diaspora caused by the slave trade. The novel not only depicts the physical aspect of diasporic life, but also sheds light on the cognitive aspects. LÄS MER