Essays about: "Postcolonial Feminism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 56 essays containing the words Postcolonial Feminism.

  1. 16. Empowering or burdening women? Assessing precariousness of vocationally trained women in Nepal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Raj Kharel; [2021]
    Keywords : Closure; Precariousness; Exclusion; Postcolonial Feminism; Gender-stereotyped occupations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amidst the paradox concerning the role of gender-stereotyped vocational training programmes in empowering women, this research makes a qualitative study of the training and post-training experiences of women graduating from two so-called women friendly vocational training programs – tailoring and beautician. 12 beauticians and 7 tailors have contributed as interview participants in this research, and the data thus gathered have been analysed from theoretical perspectives of Closure Theory, Precariousness and Postcolonial Feminist Theory. READ MORE

  3. 17. Gender Equality Policies: Results for Social Change? : A comparative discourse analysis on gender equality from two ends of the “aid chain”

    University essay from

    Author : Miriam Bette; [2021]
    Keywords : international development cooperation; gender equality; policy analysis; Indigenous feminism; Swedish feminist foreign policy; discourse; result based management;

    Abstract : The field of international development cooperation has experienced an increasing demand for result-driven management over the last decades. However, a clear consensus of the meaning of ‘ results’ is often lacking in initiatives and projects for social change. READ MORE

  4. 18. 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. 19. Do Afghan women need saving? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Laura Bush’s representation of the women in Afghanistan

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

    Author : Silke Møller; [2021]
    Keywords : ‘Embedded feminism’; Representation; Othering; Laura Bush; USA; Intervention; Afghanistan; CDA;

    Abstract : Do Afghan women need saving? This study focuses on the discourse of the USA’s First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush in the years (2001-2009) and how she represents the women in Afghanistan in the context of the USA-led intervention in Afghanistan. My aim is to understand how the USA intervention can be legitimized through Mrs. READ MORE

  6. 20. Policy-as-Discourse Approach to Gender Equality Policies of the European Union in External Affairs: Gender Action Plan III

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Narmin Zeynalli; [2021]
    Keywords : European Union; Gender in equality ; Gender Mainstreaming; the WPR method; Discourse Analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines gender equality policies of the European Union in external affairs. The aim is to discover how the meaning and “problem” of gender (in)equality is constructed, represented, and problematized in the gender policies for external action. READ MORE