Essays about: "Semiotic violence"
Found 5 essays containing the words Semiotic violence.
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1. Women in Kyrgyz Music Videos : A Social Semiotic Analysis of Women’s Representation in Kyrgyz Visual Media
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This master thesis study examines Kyrgyz-language music videos to explore the visual representation of women, including women experiencing gender-based violence. It addresses a gap in the literature regarding women in Kyrgyz music videos and argues that media communicates context-specific meaning about gendered cultural realities. READ MORE
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2. A Cost, A Tweet, A Backlash:Conceptualizing the gendered violence targeting Swedish female members of parliament in relation to the election of 2022
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : An inclusive democracy is of essence to combat the changes that the world is going through seen in the trend of increasing female participation. However, attitudes towards women in the public sphere seems not as progressive as one might believe which is an understudied topic. READ MORE
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3. Decoding the Dress : Reading features of costume design in films of Emir Kusturica
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ModevetenskapAbstract : This thesis considers fashion and cinema as crucial embodiments of Yugoslavian culture. As such, it gives a shine to the potential inherent in film costume for the historical analysis of Yugoslavian national identity and its politics. READ MORE
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4. An Assessment of Video Advocacy as an Instrument for Change. Case Study: The Our Voices Matter Campaign to Combat Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : With the rise of new information and communication technologies, advocacy campaigns in development have experienced a resurgence of video as an instrument to enrich outreach efforts and build bridges, to empower marginalised groups and rescue the culture and heritage of indigenous people, and to reach decision-makers – and ultimately change policies and laws. The use of “humanising” elements through film, such as the oral testimonies of individuals, allows practitioners to transport the realities and conditions of specific localities to audiences otherwise unable to experience them directly. READ MORE
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5. Fetishism and Displacement in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : The Road to Los Angeles, the first novel written by Italian-American author John Fante, is most often recognized as a tale concerned with Italian-American alienation, xenophobia and existence on the periphery of mainstream society. This essay, however, aims to analyze the novel from the viewpoint of fetishism. READ MORE
