Sökning: "the African diaspora"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 24 uppsatser innehållade orden the African diaspora.
1. 'No house can be built without foundation' : A phenomenographic study around the making of Choreography in HipHop
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogikSammanfattning : The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions of Hip-Hop choreography and Hip-Hop choreography’s relation to freestyle. In order to accomplish that purpose, three dance artists were interviewed and a phenomenographical approach was used. 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. The Single Story of Africa : Perceptions of the Finnish African Diaspora in Relation to NGO’s Visual Imageries
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Sammanfattning : The colonial legacy of development aid has been widely discussed in academia. This study uses postcolonial theory to shed light upon how one Finnish NGO’s visual imageries affect the representation of the African continent. LÄS MER
4. The Father of Healing : An Analysis of the Father in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing the River
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : The father in Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips is a character burdened by guilt due to his implication in his children’s enslavement. He can be considered a supernatural being since his character transcends time. LÄS MER
5. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.
Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaSammanfattning : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. LÄS MER