Essays about: "YPJ"

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

1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
   Keywords : Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

   Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE

3. 2. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Råvan Talani; [2022]
   Keywords : YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. READ MORE

4. 3. Resistance is Freedom : A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis on the Armed Self-Defence of the YPJ in Rojava

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

   Author : Sophie Polig; [2020]
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5. 4. Feminists, Freedom Fighters and Daughters - A Discourse Analysis of the United States Media’s Portrayal of the Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sophie Hogevall; [2020]
   Keywords : Discourse analysis; Gender; Islamic State; Kurdish female fighters; Media framing; Syria; YPJ; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how the US media has portrayed the Kurdish female fighters in Syria. Since the battle of Kobane the fighters of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) have been sensationalised and received immense attention in western news media. READ MORE

6. 5. Victims, Exotic Warriors or Heroines? Framing the motivations of Kurdish female fighters in the war against Islamic State

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Bafrin Eskandari; [2018]
   Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPG; YPJ; PKK; Peshmerga; Media; Motivation; Framing; Orientalism; Women; Middle East; Political violence; Islamic State; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on investigating how the three British newspapers, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the BBC News, frame the motivations of the Kurdish female fighters joining armed forces in the war against Islamic State. It also explores, what are the reasons behind these portrayals and in what ways Kurdish female fighters challenge the existing discourse of Middle Eastern women. READ MORE