Essays about: "culture criticism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 62 essays containing the words culture criticism.

1. 21. Postcolonial Identity in Ireland: Hybridity, Third Space, and the Uncanny : in Hugo Hamilton’s THE SPECKLED PEOPLE A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood and THE SAILOR IN THE WARDROBE

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Fredrik Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Identity; Ireland; Hybridity; Third Space; The Uncanny; Homi K. Bhabha; Hugo Hamilton;

   Abstract : This essay explores and investigates post-colonial identity in Ireland in Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood (2003) and The Sailor in the Wardrobe (2006). Relying primarily on Homi K. READ MORE

3. 22. Finding Femininity: a Representation Analysis of Trans* Femininity on Screen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Vilde Evjenth; [2019]
   Keywords : representation; trans* studies; popular culture; femininity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trans* feminine women in popular media. This is done by presenting a theoretical background focusing on a specific minority group in society – namely, trans* feminine women – femininity, and heteronormativity, as well as by taking a poststructuralist approach to the applied theoretical framework in order to conduct a representation analysis of three trans* feminin characters from three different films. READ MORE

4. 23. Meme Marketing to Fellow Kids

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : William Lind; [2019]
   Keywords : Memes; memetic media; authenticity; corporate identity; vernacular criticism; intangible assets; reddit; twitter;

   Abstract : Corporations attempting to enter the realm of memetic media often find themselves lost and embarrassed; the chaotic nature of meme culture as a global way of expression on the internet has proven difficult, and communities like Reddits r/FellowKids enact vernacular criticism on corporations who attempt to use memes in order to reach their target audience. This study aims to reach higher knowledge of successful corporate engagement in memetic media through a text analysis of discussions between users on Reddit and the interplay on Twitter where users engage in vernacular ways with the Wendy’s Twitter account. READ MORE

5. 24. Bring it To The Table

   University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

   Author : Robert Damisch; [2019]
   Keywords : alternatives; tools; education; everyday; trickster; table; norm criticism; present; future; play; system; table; photography; storytelling; discussion; design;

   Abstract : The thesis is intending to answer the question: Do tools and objects have the ability to support capacities for imagining alternative ways of living the present and through that also the future? How do we imagine our future? What is necessary for us and how do we want to live our everyday? It is important to rest for a moment and have a conversation about this questions in order to adapt old concepts of the world towards drastically changing conditions. Most of us, mainly in the modern western society, know that we can no longer maintain this lifestyle in the future. READ MORE

6. 25. Sami Impact on Decision-making in Sweden - an analysis of present possibilities for participation and consultation in relation to international obligations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Nanna Holmgren; [2019]
   Keywords : international law; indigenous people; Sami people; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The traditional territory of the indigenous Sami people stretches into Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. Sami culture is strongly connected to reindeer husbandry, which requires vast and coherent land where the reindeer can access natural pasture without disturbances. READ MORE