Essays about: "Michael Billig"

Found 3 essays containing the words Michael Billig.

  1. 1. A stunning portrait of diversity? : Gender, race, and nation in Miss Universe Japan 2015

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Genusvetenskap

    Author : Lina Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Miss Universe Japan; Ariana Miyamoto; Japanese femininity; Beauty pageants; Japan; Whiteness; Nationalism; Race; Gender;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how gender, race, and nation are represented in Miss Universe Japan 2015. I investigate how the top five participants are represented in relation to Japanese ideal femininity and what these representations contribute to. Furthermore, I examine how global ideals have impacted the outcome of the pageant. READ MORE

  3. 2. America in the scope : A post-colonial study of American Sniper, mourning and nationalism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Mikael Halén Román; [2015]
    Keywords : American Sniper; post-colonial; Orientalism; patriotism; Other; Othering; West; East; Occident; flagging; nationalism; mourning; death; violence; war; heroism; dehumanization; Islam; Christianity; Michael Billig; Judith Butler; Edward Said; Benedict Anderson; imagined communities.;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss how themes of nationalism, mourning and death can be implemented in a film such as American Sniper to reproduce the idea of nation states as well as enforce nationalism. Through a close analysis of chosen sequences in the film the thesis presents a mode of looking at film, rooted in the given themes, which will help analyzing similar films with these reoccurring themes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sensor based system for train detection : Master thesis for MTR in Mechatronics

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Michael Raun; [2015]
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    Abstract : Tunnelbanan i Stockholm består av tre linjer, som omfattar 100 stationer med 108 km spår. Resenärer gör 1,1 miljoner resor varje dag. Beroende av tid på dygnet kan antalet tågvagnar variera, vilket kan leda till att föraren av misstag stoppar tåget med en vagn kvar i tunneln eller utanför plattformen. READ MORE