Essays about: "Occident"

Found 3 essays containing the word Occident.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. The Orient and The Occident : Breaking Stereotypes in The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Julie Blomberg Gudmundsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Occidentalism; Orientalism; Stereotypes; Mohsin Hamid;

    Abstract : The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a postcolonial novel that, in this essay, is argued to challenge and question the colonial stereotypes which came into greater focus after 9/11 in America. The challenge is carried out via the narrator’s identity struggle by displaying the different stereotypes he is subjected to. READ MORE

  4. 3. Islamophobia – Features of Islamophobia and Strategies against it

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Linda Edvardsson; [2009]
    Keywords : Islamophobia bic; Islam; Muslim; Integration; Religion; Ethnic Relations;

    Abstract : Due to increased immigration and Muslim presence in multicultural societies, concepts like Islamophobia become rooted and are used to explain acts by non-Muslims against Muslim Diasporas. Islamophobia comes alive from a spectrum of expressions where traditional West-Christian views and the Occident versus the Orient come to surface. READ MORE