Essays about: "Tropes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 essays containing the word Tropes.

1. 21. Afrofuturism and Generational Trauma in N. K. Jemisin‘s Broken Earth Trilogy

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Imogen Bagnall; [2021]
   Keywords : N. K. Jemisin; Afrofuturism; Trauma; Collective Memory; Science Fiction; Oppression;

   Abstract : N. K. Jemisin‘s Broken Earth Trilogy explores the methods and effects of systemic oppression. Orogenes are historically oppressed and dehumanised by the wider society of The Stillness. READ MORE

3. 22. Where is Gender in Conflict-Related Gender-Based Violence? An analysis of gendered governance and resistance through problematisations of conflictrelated gender-based violence in German development policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Britta Wasserloos; [2021]
   Keywords : conflict-related gender-based violence; development policy; continuum of violence; governance; resistance; analysis of discourse; Germany; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Both development practice and research have paid attention to the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict in recent years. However, feminist scholars criticise policies on the issue for reproducing the gendered power relations which are at the root of violence. READ MORE

4. 23. Gothic Masculinity: An Exploration of Masculinity in The Mysteries of Udolpho and Uncle Silas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Tobias Norén; [2021]
   Keywords : Gothic; Masculinity; Female Gothic; Ann Radcliffe; The Mysteries of Udolpho; Sheridan Le Fanu; Uncle Silas; Sensibility; Fatherhood; Villainy; Fallenness; Fallen Man; Early Gothic; Victorian Gothic; 18th-century; 19th-century; Hegemonic Masculinity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : By analysing two different Female Gothic novels, this thesis aims to explore the different ways in which masculinity is portrayed within the Female Gothic literary tradition, more specifically the Early Gothic and Victorian Gothic due to constraints in scope. The novels chosen, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and Uncle Silas (1864), are in many ways representative and serve as typical Female Gothic narratives but differ in when they were written and how they utilise gothic tropes to discuss and critique the society within which they were written. READ MORE

5. 24. Pyramids, Cats, and Arabian Nights: Contemporary Egypt in Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and The Race 2

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Amr Saleh; [2021]
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   Abstract : This thesis aims to shed light on how contemporary Egyptian culture is represented in video games. Egypt, being part of the Middle East, and given its ancient history, has become subject to many stereotypes and tropes and falling into the realm of Orientalism. READ MORE

6. 25. On Othering Migrants and Queers : Political Communication Strategies of Othering in Romania and the Republic of Moldova

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

   Author : Ramona Dima; [2021]
   Keywords : citizenship; populism; national belonging; migrants; LGBT ; Romania; the Republic of Moldova;

   Abstract : Research on migration often focuses on non-citizens such as migrants being excluded from the framework of citizenship. This study suggests a novel approach by focusing on non-citizens and citizens alike, while exploring the strategies of othering in relation to how citizenship is constructed. READ MORE