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1. Gender, Sexuality, Race, Nationality, and Religion in Greek Education. : A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Political Education Schoolbook.
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : Feminist and Educational research on schoolbooks in the Greek educational context has discussed the ways in which gender or nationality or religion are being portrayed but has failed to touch upon sexuality and race (and other categories) and deploy an intersectional feminist perspective in their approaches, focusing only on one category. This thesis aims to fill the gap identified in the literature and investigate the portrayal and intersection of gender, sexuality, race, nationality, and religion in the discourses of selected texts of the Political Education schoolbook used in the first grade of highschool and the ways in which this portrayal and intersection challenges or reinforces hegemonic exclusionary discourses, power dynamics and hierarchies. READ MORE
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2. "I have alluded to him, Reader". Categorising literary references in Jane Eyre (1847)
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : This essay examines the use of references to real books within the narrative of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847). Jane Eyre is one of the most densely allusive novels of its time, which is well-documented, but there is a limited focus on the use of allusions and references woven into its narrative, as opposed to the references woven into the textual side of the prose itself. READ MORE
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3. The Katechon and Moscow as Third Rome : Visual analysis of Russia's religious soft power in Greece
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : The symphonic relationship between the Russian state and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), a mission conceived as entrusted by God to coordinate their contributions to the society, provides the Russian state with a moral framework and the ROC with the possibility to confirm her spiritual role for the establishment of a Russian Orthodox world. This vision of a new Russian world helps the ROC expand her canonical borders to amend for the fragmentation of the pastoral community after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. READ MORE
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4. “Close Enough”: A Cultural Analysis of Plant-Based Meat Consumption in Everyday Food Practices
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Et binlerce yıl insanoğlunun ortak gıdalarından biri ve günlük yemek uygulamalarıyla ilgili olarak farklı kültürlerde gıda hafızasının önemli bir parçası olmuştur. Günümüzde hayvan bazlı etin (ABM) ikamesi olan bitki bazlı et (PBM), çevre sorunları, hayvan refahı ve insan sağlığı gibi çeşitli motivasyonlarla Kuzey Avrupa'da yaşayan tüketiciler arasında popüler ve yaygın hale gelmiştir. READ MORE
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5. Students’ Perception of Religious Phenomena in Japan and the Inadequacy of ’Religion’ as Conceptual Tool in a non-Western Context
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitude of Japanese university students towards religious phenomena in Japan, with specific emphasis on the ones labelled new religious movements. This has been achieved through ten semi-structured interviews with female and male university students based in Tokyo, all with varying personal experiences with religion. READ MORE
