Essays about: "colonial politics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the words colonial politics.

  1. 16. Anticolonial Resistance in the Post-Ottoman Mashriq: Examining the Iraqi Jazirah

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Rebecca Irvine; [2018]
    Keywords : Iraq; 1920; revolution; frontier; Jazirah; anticolonialism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The anticolonial uprising in 1920 against the British occupation of the provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra marked an unprecedented escalation in resistance and opposition to the colonial forces. While most narratives of this uprising focus on the more significant events across the lower and middle Euphrates, earlier, unsuccessful episodes of anticolonial resistance also emerged in the Jazirah region of north-west Iraq. READ MORE

  3. 17. Commodification of Otherness : A qualitative postcolonial analysis of representation in contemporary  French cinema

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Beatrice Karlsson; [2017]
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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

  4. 18. Representation of India : an empirical study of Western tourist material

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

    Author : Inayatali Nathani; [2016]
    Keywords : social constructivism; post-colonial theory; representation theory; India; Western tourist websites;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to describe how Western tourist websites represents India. Although there has been much research on tourism and Western representation of India, no literature is available on how Western tourist websites represents India. This thesis uses three theories, social constructivism, post-colonial theory, and representation theory. READ MORE

  5. 19. Politics of Reproduction: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis of the 'Missing Girl' Phenomenon in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rini Fernandes; [2013]
    Keywords : missing girls; politics of reproduction; sex-selective abortion; modernity; PNDT Act 1994; New Reproductive Technologies NRTs ; population policy discourse; post-colonial feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract: The controversial issue of ‘missing girls’ has been a cause of concern since the time of the British rule in India. Most research studies pointed towards a demographic pattern of its occurrence, the Northwestern plains of India saw an alarming scarcity of girl children. READ MORE

  6. 20. "Babies as Bombs: a Discursive Study of Israeli Population Policies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anne Gotfredsen; Sussie Egnell; [2013]
    Keywords : gender; biopower; race; Israel Palestine; demography; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Demography and security are two categories inextricably linked to each other in Israel. The fear of losing the Jewish majority has implications for the population politics, migration policies and above all, it affects the relationship with Palestine and the Arab minority within Israel’s borders. READ MORE