Essays about: "Critical Whiteness studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Critical Whiteness studies.

  1. 1. The Postmigrant Author in the Danish Media : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Danish Media’s Portrayal of the Postmigrant Author

    University essay from

    Author : Maria Chihanne El Bahraoui Straagaard; [2023]
    Keywords : Postmigration literature; Denmark; media; whiteness; postmigrant authors;

    Abstract : This study investigates the portrayal of three postmigrant authors in the Danish media. By critically analyzing 12 articles, the study explores the characteristic features of the media’s portrayal of the authors. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Power of Ignorance - Epistemic Construction of whiteness in Secondary Schools in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Linus Covic; [2023]
    Keywords : critical whiteness studies; white ignorance; education; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Whiteness maintains an “invisible” and often unquestioned normative position within the German society in general and the educational system in particular. Previous research in Critical whiteness Studies has highlighted the importance of directing attention toward whiteness as a system of knowledge and power to effectively counteract its concealed nature and dismantle its normative position. READ MORE

  4. 3. Attachment-Oriented Motherhood and the German New Right on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Isabel Köhler; [2022]
    Keywords : Attachment Parenting; Intensive Motherhood; Respectability; White Femininity; The German New Right; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Media Studies;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the German-speaking attachment-oriented parenting community on Instagram. Focusing on a debate about new-right activities in the community, I analyze how motherhood (self-)conceptions were discursively entangled with questions of resistance to and tolerance of the new right. READ MORE

  5. 4. Black in the Ivory Tower: The Subversiveness of Black Women at Lund University

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elsa Mertala; [2022]
    Keywords : Academia; Black women; labour; subversiveness; Lund University; Swedish Exceptionalism; Akademin; svarta kvinnor; arbete; subversiv; Lund universitet; svensk exceptionalism; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Sweden the research about Black people’s experiences in academia is quite limited, because of a self-image that is colourblind which prevents the acknowledgement of Black existence (practice, thought, bodies). This thesis is a cultural analytical attempt to contribute and widen the research field of critical studies in Swedish academia, through exploring Black female’s emotional and body experiences in the spatiotemporal space of Lund University. READ MORE

  6. 5. White inside: a critical examination of how structural whiteness in the Dutch climate movement obstructs climate justice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Agnes Schim van der Loeff; [2022]
    Keywords : whiteness; climate justice; climate movement; solidarity; the Netherlands; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite attention for lack of racial diversity in climate movements in the Global North, there is little examination of other manifestations of whiteness. This thesis examines how structural whiteness – as a norm and as a power structure – shapes the Dutch climate movement’s relation to climate justice and how these impacts can be countered. READ MORE