Essays about: "Barthes"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the word Barthes.

1. 16. Understanding Locke & Key: A Semiotic and Intertextual study of the Collective Unconscious and some of its Archetypes in Locke & Key

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Henrik Rogowski; [2020]
   Keywords : Comic books; Horror; Intertextuality; Julia Kristeva; Psychoanalysis; Carl Jung; Collective unconsciousness; Archetypes; Roland Barthes; Semiotics; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis’ focus will be on the comic book series Locke & Key in a semiotic and an intertextual reading through a psychoanalytical framework. The comic series is described as a “psychological horror” and a main theme running across the six volumes is good versus evil, and a lot of the narrative is helped by magical keys. READ MORE

3. 17. Constructing 'the Other': A Study of Cultural Representation in English Language Textbooks

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Johanna Ivanoff; Amanda Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : English Language Textbooks; ELT; cultural representation; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Visual Semiotics; Circles of World Englishes; the hidden curriculum; hegemonic discourses; imagined communities; Orientalism; the Other ;

   Abstract : Educational textbooks have the power to influence pupils’ perception of the world. In the subject of English, this specifically concerns learning about cultures in different parts of the world where English is used. READ MORE

4. 18. The Battle of Eurovision: A case study of Russia and Ukraine’s use of the Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural battlefield

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Orinius Welander; [2020]
   Keywords : cultural diplomacy; visual IR; Eurovision Song Contest; Russia; Ukraine; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore and analyze how Eurovision Song Contest functioned as an alternative – cultural – battlefield in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Crimea. With the use of soft power politics in warfare as the root of interest, this study uses the theories of cultural diplomacy and visual international relations to explore how images may be central to modern-day warfare and conflicts as the perception of. READ MORE

5. 19. Produce Wu Lei : a national icon or a product? a case study on national identity and sports media in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Ruihao Guo; [2020]
   Keywords : Wu Lei; national identity; nationalism; sports media; football; news production; consumerism; media power; myth; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The master thesis "Produce Wu Lei: a National Icon or a Product? - A Case Study on National Identity and Sports Media in China" studies the news coverage of a Chinese professional footballer - Wu Lei, by conducting a multi-method qualitative case study to analyze the representation of him in Chinese media. This thesis aims to understand the interrelation between football, media and national identity, and the ways economic value and social value influence news production in China. READ MORE

6. 20. Dismantling the Creative Director : a media content analysis of creative directors Daniel Lee and Simon Porte Jacquemus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskap

   Author : Isabella Österlund; Allis Stenwall; [2020]
   Keywords : Creative director; fashion; luxury fashion; zeitgeist; consumer; fashion system; fashion-ology; social media; symbolic value; Daniel Lee; Bottega Veneta; Simon Porte Jacquemus; Jacquemus; field; communication; creativity; craftsmanship.; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This bachelor’s dissertation is written by Allis Stenvall and Isabella Österlund (2020), Division of Fashion Science, Lund University. The study titled “Dismantling the creative director” - A media content analysis of creative directors Daniel Lee and Simon Porte Jaquemus aims to analyze and understand the expectation and definitions of a creative director at a luxury fashion house and what influence the modern consumer has on fashion in the current zeitgeist. READ MORE