Essays about: "abandoned children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words abandoned children.

1. 1. Thick Love : A Psychoanalytical Study of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Khuteibe Hashim; [2021]
   Keywords : Psychoanalytical Criticism; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Julia Kristeva; Beloved; Toni Morrison; Abjection; Semiotic; Symbolic; Imaginary; Mirror-stage; Defense Mechanism;

   Abstract : This study employs psychoanalytical theories to explore how the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious workings of the mind, combined with a search for identity, are presented and dealt with in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved (1987). It is done through a close reading and in-depth textual analysis of thematic concerns raised in the work. READ MORE

3. 2. InVíkorate - Exploring self-sufficiency in a tourist-dependent Icelandic village

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Vera Wetzels; [2021]
   Keywords : Urban Design; Rural Design; Iceland; Vík í Myrdal; Greenhouse Horticulture; Sustainability; Microclimate; Forestry; Tourism; Walkability; Local Businesses; Arts and Architecture; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In a rapidly urbanising world, the importance of rural towns and villages is often forgotten. Many people see more opportunities for employment, social life and their children’s future in the big city, leaving smaller, rural places empty and abandoned. READ MORE

4. 3. The Playground Project : This project is dividid in three main topics, working with the topic and the meaning of play, the form and the design of the ground, everything comes together in the final project.

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Floris Bastian Bouma; [2020]
   Keywords : child development; risky play; equipment; isolation; playground safety; urbanism space;

   Abstract : Playing is the dominant activity in children's daily life, but is the playground still the place where children have their first encounter with societal roles, norms and values of today’s society, through the act of playing? The playground functions as the place where children are forced to educate themselves, in learning to develop, to make decisions, to solve problems, and to regulate emotions. They look for risks in order to test and explore their physical limits. READ MORE

5. 4. The "Baby box", an issue or solution to child abandonment in South Korea

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för koreanska

   Author : Isabella Sjöstrand; [2018]
   Keywords : South Korea; Baby box; Single mother; Adoption; Confucianism; Sydkorea; Bebislucka; Ensamståendemödrar; Adoption; Konfucianism;

   Abstract : A few years ago South Korea got a lot of attention from abroad. The phenomenon called “Baby box” emerged in modern society and gave mothers a place to abandon their baby in a safe environment. READ MORE

6. 5. The Politics of Adoption in Korea

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Mari Andersson; [2018]
   Keywords : international adoption; Korea; gender inequality; abandoned children; orphanages; Confucianism; unwed and single mothers; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the politics of adoption in Korea. A theoretical framework was adopted that address gender, culture, and power inequalities in a domestic and international context in order to understand why so many children have been given up to orphanages, and why international adoption has been and continues to be common in Korea. READ MORE