Essays about: "france racism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words france racism.

1. 1. Resisting from within : Analysis of intersectional narratives in the "burkini" case in France

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Anne-Lise Denoeud; [2023]
   Keywords : Intersectionality; Burkini; Islamophobia; Muslim women; Gender; Race; White gaze; Anti-racism; Feminism; France; Intersectionnalité; Burkini; Islamophobie; Femmes musulmanes; Genre; Race; Regard blanc; Anti-racisme; Féminisme; France;

   Abstract : Since summer 2016 France has experienced several episodes of “moral panic” about a three-pieces swimsuit worn by Muslim women, the “burkini”, whether on the occasion of attempts to ban it from beaches, or on the opposite to allow it in the swimming pools. These Islamophobic expressions are part of a French history of shaping the figure of “Muslim women”, controlling their bodies through their clothing, from “veil” to “burkini”, and silencing them. READ MORE

3. 2. "No Justice, No Peace, No Racist Police" : A diachronic comparative study and analysis of the power relations revealed in French media discourses

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Julie Alves Canteiro; [2021]
   Keywords : Police violence; power relations; racial profiling; media and communication; France;

   Abstract : On May 26th, 2020, the world was shocked after learning that George Floyd had died at the hands of the police while being wrongfully arrested. Protests took place worldwide, demanding justice for Floyd as well as the end of the systematic racism present institutionally in police forces. READ MORE

4. 3. Genderless violence and invisible whiteness : A study of how white supremacist extremism is represented in Western media

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emilia Lindén Guinez; [2020]
   Keywords : White supremacy; extremism; terrorism; knowledge regime; whiteness; masculinity; violence; postcolonialism; Islamophobia; Western media;

   Abstract : This paper examines what kind of knowledge is (re)produced in Western media coverage of the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on 15 March 2019. A central point of departure is that the media plays a significant part in the construction of knowledge. READ MORE

5. 4. Moving beyond Coloniality : The decolonial program of the French party Les Indigènes de la République

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Isabelle Schoebel; [2020]
   Keywords : decolonial society; Coloniality; French colonialism; Antiracism; social movement; Les Indigènes de la République;

   Abstract : This study addresses the decolonial program of the French party Les Indigènes de la République (PIR). By means of contemporary concepts of Coloniality, Decoloniality and decolonial resistance as theoretical framework and a qualitative content analysis as method for this study thirty articles of PIR authors that have been published from 2016 to 2018 are analysed in regard to the party’s particular understanding of racial inequality in French society, its conception of a decolonial society and its’ strategy for systemic change. READ MORE

6. 5. Dominant Ideology and Racism in the French Media: a Critical Discourse Analysis on the Case of the Denaturalization Law

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Brian Bocquet; [2016]
   Keywords : Racism; Dominant ideologies; Stigma; Critical Discourse Analysis; Islamophobia; France; Minorities;

   Abstract : This study focuses on how minorities are stigmatized in the French media. It limits itself to the case of the proposal of the denaturalization law and the consequent discourse about it. READ MORE