Essays about: "Alt-Right"

Showing result 16 - 17 of 17 essays containing the word Alt-Right.

  1. 16. "I’m tired of being sh-t on for being white” : Collective identity construction in the Alt-Right movement

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Jessica Garpvall; [2017]
    Keywords : Extreme right; social movements; gender; discourse analysis; collective identity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines collective identity construction within the extreme right movement Alt-Right that gained public recognition during the 2016 US presidential campaign. Despite it being an increasingly stigmatized practice to openly articulate racist ideas in contemporary society, the Alt-Right movement managed to gain a following by doing just that. READ MORE

  3. 17. Alt-Modernism : Challenging the idea of postmodernism as a left-wing movement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Stigermark; [2017]
    Keywords : Alt-Right; postmodernism; memes; Kek; Baneposting; pop culture;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I’m working from the premise that postmodernism hitherto has been associated with the left. The next line of argument is, however, that this relation is contingent and that there is no necessity in postmodernisms association with left-wing ideas and political ambitions. READ MORE