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  1. 1. De står till Er tjänst : En ekofeministisk analys av hierarkiska strukturer i två versioner av Jules Vernes En världsomsegling under havet.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Emma Hedkvist; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ecofeminism; Hierarchies; Imperialism; Jules Verne; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines hierarchical structures in two versions of Jules Vernes’ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). A full translation by Erik Carlquist is compared with a retelling of the story by Peter Gotthardt (2010), and the comparison is intended to show similarities and differences in the hierarchical structures that can be found in the two versions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "We are increasingly western rather than Soviet" : A qualitative study on attitudes to English in Lithuania

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Eva Svenborn Johansson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :English language; language attitudes; language ideologies; linguistic imperialism; Lithuania; Russification.;

    Sammanfattning : The English language holds a status of a global Lingua Franca that is geographically and historically unique, and English dominance and the language ideologies surrounding it have been the subject of extensive research and discussions. Two contrasting viewpoints significant for these discussions are the idea of the global spread of English as a form of linguistic imperialism, and the idea of the global spread of English as a natural, and mostly positive, consequence of globalisation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kinas närmande till Afrika - en etablering av ett motstånd mot västvärldens hegemoni?

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Annika Eriksson; [2019-09-16]
    Nyckelord :historical blocs; South-South Cooperation SSC hegemony; China-Africa relations;

    Sammanfattning : China’s rapprochement with Africa is an increasingly controversial topic in the Western world and not least is China’s propensity to have a hegemonic agenda a recurring issue. A common claim is that China by emphasizing shared interests and solidarity in the South, aspires to win over African nations’ solidarity to challenge the prevailing Western hegemony. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Managing Swedish Gender Equality Policies in Shanghai : A study on how Swedish based corporations, established in Shanghai, manage Swedish gender equality policies cross-culturally

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Författare :Pontus Erlandsson; Gustaf Joelsson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Cross-Cultural Management; Policy Management; Corporate Cultural Imperialism; Corporate Culture; Corporate Policies; CSR; Managing Gender Equality Policies; Interkulturell Management; Policy Management; Kulturimperialism; Företagsrelaterad Kulturimperialism; Företagskultur; Företagspolicyer; CSR; Jämställdhetspolicyer; Hantering av Jämställdhetspolicyer;

    Sammanfattning : Despite policy efforts by the Chinese state to eradicate gender inequality, statistics show that the issue of gender discrimination in the work domain has become increasingly acute in modern day China. The prevailing gender inequality derives from China’s deeply rooted masculine oriented cultural and societal structure, and traditional norms and values towards women in the work domain are fighting the policies against gender inequality that the Chinese state has implemented. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Och de ha?danga?ngnas andar skall nu vittna da?rom..

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Författare :Elisabet Kedziora; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Postkolonialism; Imperialism; Spiritualism; Spiritualistisk; NewAge; Eurocentrism; Kristocentrism; Utvecklingstanken; Andevärlden; Kanalisering; Efteråt?; Diskursanalys; Ideologimaskineriet;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines how articles in the Swedish spiritualistic journal Efteråt? – which por- trayed the afterlife – were affected by imperialistic discourse and its associated power structures. The source material for the investigation is articles that were published between 1891- 1919 as channelized messages through mediums, and which depict what throughout the essay is referred to as ’the other side’: realms beyond death. LÄS MER