Essays about: "Slaveri"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Slaveri.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nullis honoribus functus : Emotions, honour, and family among slaves and freedmen in the Roman Empire

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Fabio Spalla; [2023]
    Keywords : Slaves; freedmen; emotionology; honour; dishonour; family; epitaphs.; Slavar; frigivna; emotionologi; ära; skam; familj; epitafier.;

    Abstract : Research on Roman slavery has mainly been focued on questions of market economy since the beginning of the twentieth century. With the interest in the treatment of slaves and their experience of slavery, the master-slave relationship has been the object of increased interests, until recent exploration of the influence of freed slaves' culture on traditional practices. READ MORE

  4. 3. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
    Keywords : Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

    Abstract : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Islamic State’s Enslavement of the Yazidi Minority : An Inquiry into the Female Devotees’ Responsibility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mina Jenabpour; [2022]
    Keywords : international public law; international law; international criminal law; slavery prohibition; yazidi minority; IS; the Islamic State; IS-women; foreign terrorist fighters; individual criminal responsibility; aiding and abetting complicity direct perpetration the Caliphate enslavement forced labour; powers attaching to the right of ownership; Folkrätt; Internationell straffrätt; Slaveriförbudet; Slaveri; Yazidi; IS-kvinnor; Individuellt straffansvar;

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  6. 5. Forced Marriage – A “new” Crime Against Humanity?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Amelia Möller Andréewitch; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Forced marriage is one of the newest crimes to be tried as a crime against humanity before an international court. During the Sierra Leone civil war, victims of sexual violence were often referred to as ‘bush wives’ or ‘rebel wives’. READ MORE