Essays about: "gender and nationalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words gender and nationalism.
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1. No longer red, but a rainbow-coloured plague: the influence of ontological insecurities on the anti-gender discourse in Poland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In recent years anti-genderism has increased in popularity, as the populist parties, illiberal governments and conservative groups have begun to implement the discourse into their politics. The discourse can function as a symbolic glue, political tool as well as part of the religious narrative. READ MORE
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2. Fiction to Face Fact : A Critical Reading of Frank Herbert’s The White Plague on the Premise of a Pedagogy of Discomfort
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The following essay explores the connection between pandemic dystopian fiction and a pedagogy of discomfort through a critical reading of The White Plague by Frank Herbert. It is advocated in this essay that a critical reading of the novel can give rise to uncomfortable topics related to living in a pandemic reality, which in turn can be incorporated in an ESL setting to encourage critical inquiry and action. READ MORE
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3. How Women's Participation in White Nationalist Groups Affects the Group's Propensity for Violence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Although white nationalism is an ever-growing threat, there has been little research done to extrapolate what makes one white nationalist group more violent than the next, even more lacking is the gender dimensions of these violent propensities. To contribute to this research gap, in this study I ask the question, How does women’s participation in white nationalist groups affect the group’s propensity for violence? To answer this question, I propose a novel theoretical framework that argues white nationalist groups with women members will have a higher propensity for violence than groups without women members. READ MORE
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4. The Politics of Health and Belonging: A Study of Bunadsgeriljaen
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis is an exploration of the merging of two discourses – nationalism and feminism – through a case study of the Bunadsgerilja, a social movement demonstrating against the shutdowns of maternity wards throughout the districts of Norway. The nationalist framing of the Bunadsgerilja and the tensions this bring with it, is explored using Yuval-Davis’s (2011) analysis of ‘politics of belonging’ as well as framing theory, feminist theories on gendered nationalism and intersectionality. READ MORE
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5. Soft Power in the EU candidate country Bosnia and Herzegovina : The State of Women’s Human Rights in a Post- Conflict Country during a Pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : This thesis aims to provide a deeper understanding of the situation for women in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the pandemic of Covid- 19. Respecting human rights is a conditionality for EU- membership, which Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for in 2015. READ MORE
