Essays about: "Postcolonial feminist theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words Postcolonial feminist theory.

  1. 1. ‘Women, Life, Freedom’. Unveiling Voices: An Empirical Research of Civil Reporting on Instagram in the Iranian Revolution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Louise Ekelund; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The rise of global social media platforms has offered civilians opportunities to share information through the use of visuals and text independently. The internet and technological advancements have thereby played an essential role in enabling individuals to share their perspectives and contribute their content to broader audiences. READ MORE

  3. 2. A feminist critical discourse analysis of Sida’s gender ideology

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Clara Viklund Bornhauser; [2022]
    Keywords : Postcolonial theory; International development cooperation; empowerment; intersectionality; power systems;

    Abstract : This study offers a feminist critical discourse analysis of how Sida’s discourses can be viewed as consolidating a gender ideology and power asymmetries in gendered social orders. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) offer the theoretical and methodological framework to the investigation of gender ideology in Sida’s discourses. READ MORE

  4. 3. "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

  5. 4. POSTCOLONIAL DISSENT SCENOGRAPHY: setting civic scene, building urban voice, new societies prototyping facilitation for Tensta.

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Mariia Otkalenko-Povalinska; [2022]
    Keywords : Social sustainability; feminist postcolonial theory; intersectionality; dissent; civic space; popular education; protest; parade; space occupation; grassroots society prototyping; urban design; Tensta;

    Abstract :   Urban space is a product of power relations and negotiations in society. Who gets represented and monumentalised in it, you? One is being formed and deformed by the environment they are placed into through the way it functions and suggests certain actions in a particular sequence, through the power distribution in its spatial equivalent. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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