Essays about: "Essentialism."

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1. 11. Ethnic Identity in Chica Lit. : Trapped between Cultural Essentialism and Ex-nomination

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Adriana Rudling; [2016]
   Keywords : Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez; The Dirty Girls Social Club; chick lit; chica lit; essentialization; exnomination; Latinidad; Latinos;

   Abstract : This essay is dedicated to exploring how ethnic identity is represented in one of popular literature's latest additions, namely chick lit. More concretely, it approaches the subject of ex-nomination and cultural essentialization of Latino communities in the burgeoning chick lit genre, chica lit. READ MORE

3. 12. Liberalism or Barbarism - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish state’s discourse on the matter of ‘violence affirming extremism’

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Matilda Renkvist Quisbert; [2015]
   Keywords : political violence; Critical Discourse Analysis; antagonism; agency; moralizing discourse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The term ‘violence affirming extremism’ has become the dominating way of describing political violence in Sweden. This thesis aims to analyze the construction of the discourse that centers at this term, how it affects the social context in Sweden and what possible purposes could found for this discourse for the Swedish state. READ MORE

4. 13. The art of falsifying

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Kenneth Rönholt; [2015]
   Keywords : Authenticity; social media; public relations; framing; advisor; political communication; Baudrillard; Eco; hyperreality; grounded theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Top politicians are increasingly using social media to create perceptions of authenticity but social media challenges taken-for-granted notions of authenticity, as people cannot see who is the creator of the perceived authenticity. Applying a grounded theory approach, this study conducted in-depth interviews with communication advisors assigned to Danish top politicians and developed a theory of how communication advisors can use social media to create perceived authenticity of top politicians. READ MORE

5. 14. Iranian Migration to Sweden: Identity-Processes and Integration Strategies Among Iranian Immigrant Men and Women

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Tashina Alavi; [2014]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Previous research has showed that Iranian immigrant women integrate easier and have a more positive attitude towards the Swedish society than Iranian men when they resettle here. In light of this, I employ a gender and social identity approach with the intent to understand the integration differences between Iranian immigrant men and women from Iran who live in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 15. Countering the Menstrual Mainstream A Study of the European Menstrual Countermovement

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Persdotter Josefin; [2013-11-11]
   Keywords : abjectfication; agential realism; autoethnography; autonetnography; Constructionism; Europe; essentialism; ethnography; feminism; hyper-personalisation; Menstrual Countermovement; menstrual; activism; menstruation; netnography; Post-Constructionism; political consumerism; queer feminism; social movement; women’s movement;

   Abstract : Introducing the term the ”Menstrual Countermovement”: the mass of actions, and agents that purposefully work towards challenging the repressive mainstream menstrual discourse of shame and silence, this research focuses on a spatiotemporal context previously unstudied: Europe, late 2000’s - early 2010‘s. The dual aim of the study is to contribute to a 1) diversification and broadening of the understanding of the movement as a whole, and (2) continuing the work of previous research further exploring the movement’s place within feminism. READ MORE