Essays about: "essay on society and culture"
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16. WHY DO WE GAME? A Socio-Anthropological Analysis of Fallout 3 and the Role of Role-Playing Video Games in Society
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : In this essay, the overt ideological message and the internal system for structuring gameplay in Fallout 3 (2008) have been analyzed from a socio-anthropological perspective developed by sociologist Anthony Giddens. The analysis concludes that the enjoyability of digital RPGs derives in part from the way their gameplay provides escapism from modern society’s socially alienating qualities, and indulgence in its socioeconomic motivational basis. READ MORE
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17. THE ACTOR OF SUBURBIA: IDENTITY AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION IN THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Abstract: This essay studies the significance of acting and performing in relation to selftransformation and the search for an identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. It uses Judith Butler’s discussions on moral responsibility and gender performances, in order to investigate how the characters negotiate their identities and draws on Edward Said’s discussion on Orientalism to establish how the novel uses stereotypes as a way of undermining stereotyping and Orientalist learning. READ MORE
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18. Nobody asks us! Muslim women's experiences and perspectives of multiculturalism, the legal system and the debate on veil in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : Within the first decade of this millennium several Western European countries have prohibited Muslim veils in public spaces. Excluding the culture of Muslims or more specifically Islamic beliefs in a multicultural society, in which the hardest hit are Muslim veiled women, has resulted in the discourse of the ‘rise and fall of multiculturalism’. READ MORE
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19. The Crisis of Identity in a Multicultural Society : A Multicultural Reading of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : This essay, on Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, deals with the characters’ identities and the influences of multiculturalism on their complex identities. It also discusses the role of the characters roots and history in constructing their identities and how they have made life problematic for the characters in multicultural London. READ MORE
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20. Biodiversitet i det urbana landskapet : implementering av ekologiskt hållbara miljöer i det urbana landskapet och dess inverkan på människans meningsskapande samt attityder
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Uppsatsen belyser ett viktigt problem, nämligen att det generellt kan konstateras att sättet de urbana landskapen utformas på idag varken gynnar den ekologiska hållbarheten eller biodiversiteten. På lång sikt skapas det stora problem då ett hållbart ekosystem samt biodiversitet lägger en stabil grund för att klara framtida klimatpåfrestningar. READ MORE
