Essays about: "colonial politics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the words colonial politics.

  1. 11. New Course, New Discourse, New Racism? : Right-Wing Alternative Media in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

    Author : Tamy Al Saad; Anders Nyman; [2019]
    Keywords : right-wing alternative media; post-colonial theory; biological racism; cultural racism; nationalism; qualitative content analysis.;

    Abstract : Like elsewhere in Europe, the tides of nationalist right-wing rhetoric in Sweden have become instrumental in generating a wave of anti-liberal and anti-immigration sentiments in politics and media. In particular, one branch of right-wing alternative media has become a breeding ground for normalizing such rhetoric. READ MORE

  3. 12. THE POLITICS OF A CHILDREN’S BOOK Haroun and the Sea of Stories

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Safija Zuko Turkovic; [2018-09-19]
    Keywords : Salman Rushdie; fatwa; post colonialism; totalitarianism;

    Abstract : Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a multifunctional tale, representing and arguing for, among other things, political expression, opposition to censorship and not least a movement for free speech. Disguised as a children’s book, Haroun raises many issues central for Rushdie the author after he had been censored by a fatwa issued against him as a consequence of publishing the religious satire The Satanic Verses. READ MORE

  4. 13. Commodification of Otherness : A qualitative postcolonial analysis of representation in French contemporary cinema

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Beatrice Karlsson; [2018]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates how colonial legacies shape representational practices in contemporary French cinema and interrogates how hierarchical differences are produced and challenged in the cinematic media. Combining the fields of postcolonial theory and culture studies enables a theoretical framework that connects contemporary cultural debates about the politics of representation with the legacies of colonial stereotypes and racialized imageries. READ MORE

  5. 14. "We Are the Land and the Land Is Us" - Analyzing the Construction of Sami National Identity in Sami Political Discourse on Land and Natural Resources

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Melodie Viallon; [2018]
    Keywords : Sami people; Nordic countries; identity politics; nationalism; post-colonialism; critical discourse analysis; European studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The collective fight for self-determination among indigenous peoples around the world has made headlines over the past few years. The exploitation of indigenous territories by settler-states has revived nationalist feelings among the groups, including the Sami, whose territories spread across four states. READ MORE

  6. 15. Struggles for Justice or “Qualified Twaddle”? : A discourse analysis on the media coverage of the mining conflict & activism in Gállok, Sápmi

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Sara Litzell; [2018]
    Keywords : Discourse; Environmental Justice; Mining; Sami Rights; Sweden; Diskurs; Miljörättvisa; Gruvexploatering; Samiska rättigheter; Sverige;

    Abstract : A global mining boom has recently occurred and conflicts due to mineral extraction in the context of environmental justice is visible all over the world. A recent conflict in Sweden, is in Gállok where mining exploration has been conducted on the traditional lands of the indigenous Sámi. READ MORE