Essays about: "Caste System"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words Caste System.

  1. 6. Dalit Literature and Experience A Journey towards Empathy : Character portrayals in short stories of Jayprakash Kardam and Ajay Navaria

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : David Dymén; [2019]
    Keywords : Dalit; Dalit Literature; Dalit Consciousness; change of heart; experience; empathy; sympathy; caste-system in India; casteism; short story; character analysis; Jayprakash Kardam; Ajay Navaria; Hindi literature; Dalit cetnā; hṛday parivartan; anubhūti; samānubhūti; sahānubhūti;

    Abstract : During the last decades, a Hindi Dalit literary movement has emerged in North India. This essay is a study and comparison on character portrayals in short stories by two authors from this movement, Jayprakash Kardam and Ajay Navaria. READ MORE

  3. 7. Education Meets Gender : Tracing the Beginning of Learning Gender, the Search for Identity and Representation in Indian Textbooks

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Manushi Desai; [2019]
    Keywords : gender; gender equality; intersectionality; representation; education; Indian textbooks; Indian feminism;

    Abstract : Gender equality is something that most countries around the globe are trying to achieve. Education is one of the major factors that can bring about significant change as it can shape young minds to nurture a more equal future. READ MORE

  4. 8. Shaping social and political identity : A critical discourse anlysis of the Bharatiya Janta Party

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Lindahl; [2018]
    Keywords : Religion; Democracy; Identity; Hinduism; Hindutva; Pluralism; Caste System; Secularisation; Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : This research paper uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse texts produced by the political party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India. The analysis use Machin and Mayr’s (2012) concepts of Language and Identity and Nominalisation and Presupposition with the aim to understand how the BJP can influence the democratic society in India through discourse. READ MORE

  5. 9. Life or Death: Biopower and Racism in Huxley´s Brave New World

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Erik Illerhag; [2018]
    Keywords : Brave New World; Aldous Huxley; Biopower; Eugenics; Michel Foucault; Racism;

    Abstract : Aldous Huxley´s Brave New World describes how a totalitarian power has taken control over both body and mind of the whole population. A hierarchical caste system, where a person´s role in society is predetermined long before birth, maintains stability together with brain-washing methods and propaganda. READ MORE

  6. 10. A case study of post-earthquake consequences for women within marginalized groups in Nepal : A qualitative case study with the aim to explore the consequences for women within marginalized groups in a post-earthquake society

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Elin Bengts; [2016]
    Keywords : Caste; Dalit; gender equality; intersectionality; post-earthquake consequences;

    Abstract : This report is the outcome of a case study conducted in Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2016. The purpose of the study is to investigate in the consequences of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, from the perspective of women within socioeconomically vulnerable groups. READ MORE