Essays about: "Arab nationalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Arab nationalism.
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1. “Music is Feeling” : Tarab: a Phenomenon of Arab Musical Culture
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskapAbstract : This essay examines tarab, an Arab musical tradition deeply rooted in the Near East region, and evaluated by listeners based on its emotional effect. Tarab culture has been influenced by westernization, forces of globalization, postcolonial nationalism, and modernism since the early 20th-century, which significantly changed the face of this musical culture by the end of the century. READ MORE
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2. National identity in Sonia Nimr’s children’s book Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In this thesis, depending on Benedict Anderson’s Studies of nationalism in his book The Imagined Communities, I will prove that in her historical fiction for children, Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands, the Palestinian writer Sonia Nimr is reviving and reforming Arab national identity. Anderson identifies the nation as a group imagined by its members; the people who perceive and identify themselves as equal members in this group. READ MORE
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3. Imagining the Iraqi National Identity Before and After the US Invasion of 2003 : Perception of the Sunni-Arab ethnicity
University essay from Linköpings universitet/StatsvetenskapAbstract : This masters thesis analyses how Iraqi national identity is constructed before and after 2003. It explores what relation the national identity has to Sunni-Arab ethnicity. The study is qualitative and uses social constructivism as a methodological outline. Qualitative interviews are done with six Iraqi-Arab-Sunnis living in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Hegemony Revisited: A Conceptual Analysis of the Gramscian Concept of Hegemony in International Relations Theory
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global StudiesAbstract : The concept of hegemony is indispensable for the study of global politics. Yet, the application of the concept is widely contested and requires clarification. A new framework of hegemony is necessary to account for contemporary global politics. This thesis takes its point of departure in the multitude of definitions of the concept of hegemony. READ MORE
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5. Save the Nation : The construction of martyrs and martyrdom. A discourse analysis of interviews with Palestinian students from the West Bank.
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudierAbstract : This bachelor’s thesis studies the construction of martyrs and martyrdom in Palestine. The study uses a discourse analysis to analyse data gathered from focus group interviews with Palestinian university students in the West Bank. Observations in the West Bank are also used to an enhanced understanding of the production. READ MORE
