Essays about: "Dehumanisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Dehumanisation.

1. 1. When reasons to dance are taken away A review of the effect of systematic persecution of the Hazaras on their traditional dance

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Hadi Abdolhadi; [2024-03-15]
   Keywords : Hazaras; traditional dances; persecutions; dehumanisation; human dignity; perception of cultural rights;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the status of traditional Hazara dances in Afghanistan, which are gradually disappearing as an artistic genre. Anthropological studies highlight that dancing is an essential aspect of human behaviour, serving as a tool for storytelling, self-expression, and forming connections within communities. READ MORE

3. 2. Negotiating Humanity, Faith, and Freedom of Conscience in an Oppressive Space : A case study of Todor Enchev in Concentration and Labour Camps in late 1940’s-1950’s Bulgaria

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Bulgaria; Biography as Theology; Communism; Dehumanisation; Faith; Oppression;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how Todor Enchev sustained and negotiated his humanity, faith, and freedom of conscience in prison, labour, and concentration camps in late 1940’s-1950’s Bulgaria. Through a hermeneutic study, this investigation analyses Enchev’s book From Spiritual Death to Eternal Life (1998). READ MORE

4. 3. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
   Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

   Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

5. 4. A Contemporary Victorian Patriarchy : A Gender Studies Approach to Gender Nonconformity as a Response to Patriarchal Oppression in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2021]
   Keywords : hegemony; gender nonconformity; bildungsroman; Victorian society;

   Abstract : This thesis examines female gender nonconformity as a behaviour in response to Victorian patriarchal oppression in the female protagonist of Charlotte Brönte's bildungsroman Jane Eyre. Gender nonconforming behaviour is depicted as behaviour that does not obey gender roles or expectations, linking the responsive quality of such behaviours to the traits of hegemonic masculinity exerted by the male characters who represent and perpetuate a patriarchal system: St John Rivers and Edward Rochester. READ MORE

6. 5. Vying for victimhood : subtextual moral judgements and news organisation standpoints reporting Gaza 2014

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Amy Margaret Franck; [2019]
   Keywords : Israel; Palestine; Gaza; Victimhood; Media Bias; Media Morality; Mediapolis; Objectivity; Proximity; Al Jazeera; Associated Press; News Agency; Newswire; Dehumanisation; Standpoint theory; Journalism; Hamas; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the summer of 2014, a violent conflagration erupted in the isolated Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Whilst the fighting was between Hamas and Israel, Palestinian civilians paid the price. The stark disparity in deaths triggered a debate in the West about Israeli tactics, and the media was accused of ‘bias’ by both Israelis and Palestinians. READ MORE