Essays about: "Feminist Postcolonialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Feminist Postcolonialism.

  1. 1. The gendered coloniality of current development policies : A critical discourse analysis of the Swedish feminist foreign policy

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Madeleine Fagerström; [2022]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Neocolonialism; Feminism; Liberal feminism; Discourse; Critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : In 2014, Sweden became the first country in the world to explicitly adopt a feminist foreign policy. Since then many countries have followed their example by putting gender equality, feminism and the rights of women on their agenda for foreign policy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Kambili’s Journey to Dignity, and Self-empowerment : A Womanist Approach to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Nicky Nahida Lindecrantz; [2022]
    Keywords : change; Christianity; dignity; identity; Igbo tradition; interaction; liberal- and radical feminism; mimicry; Nigeria; patriarchal violence; postcolonialism; self-empowerment; womanism;

    Abstract : Using womanist theory as a theoretical framework, this study has analyzed identity formation and self-empowerment. Adichie is considered a feminist writer, but her ideals and ideas are very different from Western ideals and aim to survive and challenge patriarchal culture. READ MORE

  4. 3. Male Patriarchy and "Othering" : Brave New World from a Postcolonial and Feminist Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Jonny Gebara; [2021]
    Keywords : Brave New World; Postcolonialism; Orientalism; Othering; Feminism ;

    Abstract : This paper aims to show how Brave New World, a dystopia by Aldous Huxley, has strong postcolonial traces within it. Edward Said's concept of Orientalism and Gayatri Spivak's analyses of Bertha Mason, the fictional representation of the colonial female subject in nineteenth-century English literature, tie up the similarities in how the Reservation and Linda are portrayed within the book. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gymnasielagen "It is nice that it came, but it is a shit law": Experiences and Perspectives of People Affected by One of Sweden's Temporary Migration Laws

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Boukje Fokkema; [2021]
    Keywords : gymnasielagen; limitations; possibilities; temporary residence permits; unaccompanied minors gymnasielagen; möjligheter; begränsningar; tillfälliga uppehållstillstånd; ensamkommande ungdomar; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2017 the Upper Secondary School Act [Hereafter gymnasielag/en] was adopted in Sweden and provided temporary residence permits and a chance of permanent residency to ‘unaccompanied refugee minors’ who previously had been denied asylum. This study includes voices of four young people who have managed to fulfil this journey from temporary permits to permanent. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Find your favourite Frida!” -A sociological study of the commodified faces of Frida Kahlo

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Lisa Kennedy; [2021]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; femininity; ethnicity; Latina; art; consumption;

    Abstract : Frida Kahlo has become increasingly popular as a commodity to signify female empowerment or an exotic femininity, and her face has inspired numerous images by modern day artists and graphic designers. The market for posters and decorative objects which use new portraits of Kahlo is booming and often target young women as consumers. READ MORE