Essays about: "True Stories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words True Stories.

1. 1. The Battle of Words. Uncovering the Narratives of the Conflict in Ukraine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Anneli Perijäinen; [2023]
   Keywords : narrative criminology; presidential speech; conflict; war; emotion; threat; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : What if the true battleground lies not in the physical confrontations but in the complex realm of narratives? This study explores the use of narratives employed by Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy while shedding light on their techniques and the construction of competing narratives in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. Drawing on narrative theory and Philip Smith's narrative genres, the study aims to examine the leaders’ competing understandings and their use of emotions and notions of threat in relation to the Ukrainian conflict. READ MORE

3. 2. In cahoots with the Kremlin : Strategic narrative alignment between the Georgian far right and Russia

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Bibbi Pehrson; [2023]
   Keywords : Strategic narratives; narrative alignment; Russia; Georgia; far-right movements;

   Abstract : Russia’s connection to far-right movements is an emerging research area. By looking at the case of Georgia, a strategic narrative approach is employed to further understand this connection in a complex environment of anti-Russian sentiments. READ MORE

4. 3. Pushing Authenticity. Challenging Narratives and Performances on Women’s Subcultural Participation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Filippa Nilsson; [2021]
   Keywords : cultural sociology; subcultural theory; gender; ethnography; rave; skateboarding; authenticity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines women’s subcultural participation based on ethnographic fieldwork and 73 interviews with women within the skateboarding and rave cultures. The study explores and develops how we view female participation. READ MORE

5. 4. Subjectivity and judgment from the male sphere in the Mail Online news articles about Shamima Begum and Mohammed Emwazi

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

   Author : Vicki Jacob-Aas; [2021]
   Keywords : indirect judgment; male sphere; subjectivity; appraisal and journalistic discourse theory; shamima begum; mohammed emwazi; daily mail; mail online;

   Abstract : This paper studies subjectivity in the Mail Online journalism with a focus on judgmental reporting from the male sphere. The Background research presents the current paradigm of what is acceptable when writing subjectively in journalism and concludes that it is acceptable and is no longer seen as the antithesis to objectivity. READ MORE

6. 5. The Animal in the Mirror : Zoomorphism and Anthropomorphism in Life of Pi

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Miryam Bernadette Danielsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Life of Pi; anthropomorphism; zoomorphism; anthropophagy; cannibalism; ecocriticism; animal studies; human-animal dualism; Yann Martel; cartesian dualism; animal philosophy;

   Abstract : This essay explores the application of zoomorphism and anthropomorphism in Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi. The novel, rather than being a mere shipwreck-narrative or a miraculous tale with religious overtones, is also a story about the complicated and perhaps inevitably divided relationship between humans and animals. READ MORE