Essays about: "heroism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the word heroism.

  1. 6. Sputnik, National Pride and, Heroism : A qualitative study of the Russian Space Program under Putin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Jeanette Widén; [2021]
    Keywords : Space; Space Race; Sputnik; Russian space program; strategic narratives; state identity; Rymden; rymdkapplöpningen; Sputnik; Ryska rymdprogrammet; strategiska narrativ;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to give a deeper understanding of the Russian use of soft power by examining identity building. This research is one of very few that shed light on Russia’s ambitions of exploitation of space. Further knowledge in the field is necessary to understand the underlying motives and objectives behind the Russian space program. READ MORE

  3. 7. Victim or murderer? : Discourse, representation & stereotypes in true crime

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Marie Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : discourse; representation; stereotypes; black women; true crime; anti-heroism;

    Abstract : This study explores the true crime documentary Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story and aims to investigate the protagonist Cyntoia Brown in relation to how her character and story is represented. Due to the consistent rise of awareness in equal rights, as well as the steady increase of black representation in popular television, one might think that it would reflect positively in mass media. READ MORE

  4. 8. Anti-Heroism in Fight Club

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    Author : David Östberg; [2020]
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  5. 9. Re-imagining national struggle: Resistance narratives within the exiled Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Carl Bradshaw Thorell; [2019]
    Keywords : KDPI; political imaginations; identity processes; memory cultures; resistance narratives; social constructivism; Rasan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2016 the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) decided to modify its resistance strategy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). This study analyses political imaginations within the displaced KDPI community in Iraqi Kurdistan through a social constructivist paradigm and the methods of observations and interviews. READ MORE

  6. 10. Breaking the Gender Norms : Bilbo as the Feminine Hero in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Hanna Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Tolkien; The Hobbit; Bilbo; gender norms; femininity; heroism;

    Abstract : This essay demonstrates how Bilbo, the main protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, is a feminine hero despite being male. READ MORE