Essays about: "identity beyond border"

Found 5 essays containing the words identity beyond border.

  1. 1. Borders, Boundaries and Identity in a Divided Europe - A Sociology of Europeanisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Nørager Kruse; [2020]
    Keywords : borders; boundaries; multiple identities; Europeanisation; crisis; cosmopolitanism; Euroscepticism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Based on qualitative data, I explore notions of collective identities within Europe – in particular, whether and how the EU and Europe evoke a sense of belonging. The main data comprises 12 semi-structured interviews with Europeans living in two different border regions, Lampedusa and the Danish-German borderland, together with pro- and anti-European movements and communities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding Bordering in the Context of War: an exploration of the experiences of Syrians frequently traveling to Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Sarah Maria Janse; [2018]
    Keywords : Syria; Lebanon; Syrian conflict; Bordering; Migration; Traveling; Habitus; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore the bordering experiences of Syrians who frequently cross the border into Lebanon during the Syrian conflict. I draw on five in-depth interviews conducted in March 2018 to show how they live, understand and manipulate the border. READ MORE

  4. 3. Negotiating Identity : A sociolinguistic analysis of adult English speaking immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Mojca Visnjar; [2017]
    Keywords : Identity negotiation; linguistic repertoire; Spracherleben; chronotope; language ideology.;

    Abstract : Due to increased transnational migration and globalisation, English has come to have a high status in Sweden, and is used in daily communication. The purpose of this research is to investigate how immigrants with English as their first language, negotiate their identity in Sweden, how they construct the need to (not) speak Swedish, and, finally, how their linguistic trajectories inform us about their linguistic ideologies and reported practices. READ MORE

  5. 4. Political Entrepreneurs and Regioneers: A Netnographic Study of Regional Identity and Soft Regionalism in Somerset, England

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Zachary Mooney; [2015]
    Keywords : identity; cultural analysis; political entrepreneur; commodification; soft regionalism; heritage; region; Somerset; England; Britain; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Soft regionalism and regional identities in Great Britain has seldom been explored beyond the national debates of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. Many recent local studies in England have, too, been neglected. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Construction of Identity in Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Mohammad Wahidul Islam; [2009]
    Keywords : identity beyond border; post-colonial identity; being border-line therapist; bridging social gaps; Danticat; Homi.K Bhaba; etc;

    Abstract : The Farming of Bones deals with issues surrounding the dynamic connections between identity and boundary construction in post-colonial context. It will present an analysis of how the novelist problematizes and communicates her idea of social and national identity construction to her readers and how the readers can identify themselves with the struggles and challenges of the protagonist Amabelle who is trying to find her own identity. READ MORE