Essays about: "Slavery System"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Slavery System.

  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. Traces of the Past : Reclaiming Feminine and Maternal Identity in the Wake of Slavery, as Portrayed in the Novels Beloved and Jazz.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Ira Elaika Konduk; [2023]
    Keywords : motherhood; individuality; mutuality; African Americans; Black feminist criticism;

    Abstract : Using Black feminist criticism, this study will examine the influence of the multifaceted yet simultaneous system of oppression on individuality and mutuality in the aftermath of slavery, as depicted in Toni Morrison’s works in Beloved and Jazz. Furthermore, this essay will explore the effects of the intersecting system of oppression on the characters’ identity formation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Human Rights Violations in the Name of Football : A Qualitative Content Analysis on the Human Rights Violations against Migrant Workers during the preparation and delivery of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Moa Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Migrant workers; Football; World Cup; Human Rights; FIFA; Qatar; Forced Labor;

    Abstract : The 2022 FIFA World Cup for men's football has received massive criticism since it was announced in December 2010 that Qatar would host it. With a significant history of human rights violations, many were shocked that Qatar was elected. READ MORE

  5. 4. Unwelcome: a study on the Employees´ Perspective on Sex Trafficking in the Hotel industry in Amsterdam

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Eleonora Rossi; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex trafficking; Hotel Industry; Employee´s perspective; Netherlands; Amsterdam;

    Abstract : Sex trafficking is a form of modern slavery which includes the sexual exploitation of individuals for personal gain. It currently affects 4 million people globally, and around 9 thousand in Europe. READ MORE

  6. 5. Modern Slavery in Southeast Asia : Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Burmese Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Yangon, Myanmar

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Ellinor Lavmo; [2020]
    Keywords : Anti-Trafficking; Burma; Human Rights; Human Trafficking; Modern Slavery; Myanmar; Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Trafficking Victims; Survivor of Trafficking; Trafficking in Persons; Victim of Trafficking; Yangon;

    Abstract : Purpose: The overarching purpose of this research paper is to broaden the understanding of the rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficking victims by illustrating and explaining common rehabilitation and reintegration processes of Burmese trafficking victims, girls and women, in Yangon, Myanmar. As part of that overarching purpose, this paper also aims to analyse how and if the victims’ human rights are being properly upheld. READ MORE