Essays about: "classism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word classism.

  1. 1. The Multiple Burdens of Joyce : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Joyce’s Life in Crossing the River

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Maha Haidar; [2022]
    Keywords : Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; feminism; race; gender; social class; intersectional feminism; bell hooks;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the life of Joyce, the protagonist in “Somewhere in England”, the fourth section of Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, using an intersectional feminist perspective. It attempts to show how patriarchy, classism, and racism intersect to shape Joyce’s life and to limit her possibilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Language Politics of the Mexican State regarding native languages and the funding of literary production

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lucia Paprckova; [2022]
    Keywords : literature; native languages; indigenous writers; governmental subsidies for literary creation; world literature; decoloniality; colonialism; national literary canon; homogeneity; racism; classism;

    Abstract : This thesis strives to understand the underlying narrative behind the current distribution of the public funding between the writers of the Spanish language and writers of native languages in Mexico, as well as contextualise the policies of the Mexican State that often materialise colonial dynamics. The situation of native women writers is emphasised as they are forced to tackle multiple disadvantages based on unjust social structures. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Matter of Time : Was Red Rising’s Gold Society Ripe for Revolution?

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Johanna Fredriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Marx; Marxism; Marxist; Red Rising; Pierce Brown; class; classism; Marx; Marxism; Marxistikt; Red Rising; Pierce Brown; klassystem; klassism;

    Abstract : This C-paper looks at Pierce Brown’s book Red Rising. The first book of a two trilogy series set in adystopian future where humankind has terraformed other planets and moons. The paper explains theways in which Red Rising handles class, and classism through a Marxist lens. READ MORE

  5. 4. Divergent; a Society Divided : An analysis of the factions, their similarities with class from a Marxist perspective and classism

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Hanna Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Veronica Roth; Divergent; dystopia; Marxism; class; classism; Veronica Roth; Divergent; dystopi; Marxism; klass; klassism;

    Abstract : The background to this essay is that I wanted to analyze the factions in Veronica Roth´s novel Divergent and class from a Marxist perspective. I used a Marxist perspective on social class to find details that matched or looked similar to the novel and did an analysis and comparison between them. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender, nature and small-scale farming : women’s narratives about gender and view of nature in relation to its impact on organic farming

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Kajsa Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : agroecology; farming women; gender; inequalities; organic farming; social nature; sustainability;

    Abstract : Agroecology is both the science, the practice and the movement of sustainable food systems whose meaning includes several dimensions. In this thesis, the social aspect of agroecology is in focus, with emphasis on gendering and gender equality. READ MORE