Essays about: "cultural hybridity"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words cultural hybridity.
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11. Challenging Old Truths : Viewing Cultural Hybridity from the Perspective of the Tarand-Graves
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : A phenomenon during the late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age which in its simplest form could be called ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is an idea which many archaeologists have favoured. However, the term ‘a culture of the Baltic Sea’ is not the most ideal to use when discussing the Baltic Sea during this time in prehistory, as the term is rather simplifying from what would be the more diverse truth. READ MORE
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12. An exploration of cultural identity in creative practice
University essay from Konstfack/ÄdellabAbstract : My work is about the feeling of standing in between two worlds of my cultural heritage. To feel connected but at the same time not connected to them. The feeling of missing out in one of my cultural heritage because of the language that I do not fully speak. I use a traditional craft from that side to build a bridge to fill the gap. READ MORE
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13. Hybridity, Fluidity and Ingmar Bergman's Alternative Moral Picture : The ideological value of Fanny and Alexander (1983)
University essay from Stockholms universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : Bergman has claimed that he does not have any ideological intention behind his films. He has also been generally criticized for his bourgeois outlook and lack of ideology. Among the vast amount of Bergman studies as well, the ideological aspect of Bergman’s films has been an under-researched area. READ MORE
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14. I'm Not One of Them but I'm Not One of You : An Analysis of The Effects of Patriarchy and Hybridity in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This essay examines how the factors that inspire Tambudzai and Nyasha to counter the patriarchy are portrayed and how these factors contribute to the formation of hybrid identities among the younger generation of women in Nervous Conditions (1988) by Tsitsi Dangarembga. Both characters are faced with different predicaments which makes it necessary to divide the factors in regard to each character. READ MORE
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15. “Are We What We Eat?” Negotiating Identities Through Cuisine and Consumption : A Thing Theory Approach to Alison Wong’s As The Earth Turns Silver
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Culinary narratives are frequently employed to portray migrant identities and societies in Asian diaspora literature This thesis examines cuisine and consumption in Alison Wong’s As The Earth Turns Silver by highlighting the socio-political linkages between material culture and ethnic identity formation of Chinese migrants in New Zealand. Using Brown’s thing theory, food is reframed as site of meaningful discourse to interrogate the role of cuisine and consumption in mediating the migrant experience. READ MORE