Essays about: "Postcolonial Feminism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 56 essays containing the words Postcolonial Feminism.

  1. 11. "Claiming My Space" : A Qualitative Exploration of Muslim Women Navigating Feminist Beliefs and Intersecting Identities in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)

    Author : Nellie Ostberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminism; Postcolonial; Othering; Femonationalism; Muslim;

    Abstract : In Sweden, Muslims have increasingly become accused of being a threat to liberal, gender equal values and Muslim women constructed as victims and often excluded from Feminist discourses. Therefore, this study aimed to explore how Feminist Muslim women construct and navigate their Feminist beliefs in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 12. 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

  4. 13. 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

  5. 14. Women, Peace and Security : A feminist analysis of UNSC resolutions 1820, 1889 and 2467

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tindra Hallgren; [2022]
    Keywords : Women; Peace and Security; UNSC -Resolutions; Feminism; International Relations; Radical feminism; Postcolonial feminism; Postmodernism; Human security; Intersectionality; Discourse analysis; Status quo;

    Abstract : It is recognized that international relations are reinforcing a patriarchal and western status quo. The study examines how the UN resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) have contributed to changing the gendered security discourse. READ MORE

  6. 15. THE PERKS OF BEING ANAFRICAN WOMAN IN ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Makda Yoseph Berhie; [2021-02-02]
    Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Imitation;

    Abstract : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s contemporary literary works have prominently engaged with diasporic experiences, migration, and gender disparity,among other issues that fit under the umbrella of postcolonial literature. This essay aims to further explorethe representation of ‘the African woman’in three stories found in Adichie’s story collectionThe Thing Around Your Neck,namely ‘Imitation’, ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’, and ‘Jumping Monkey Hill’. READ MORE