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1. 1. Ideological State Apparatuses and Interpellation inToni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye : Althusserian Reading of the Novel

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Freideriki Georgia Ziourka; [2023]
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3. 2. Women and Marriage: A Marxist reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Irmelie Sundfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; Marriage; Social Class; Marxism; Neo- Marxism; Louis Althusser; Ideological State Apparatus;

   Abstract : Marriage is arguably one of the most important events and choices to be made in one’s life, especially for many of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Whether characters are searching for a husband for themselves or is searching for someone else, marriage is the source of many conflicts. READ MORE

4. 3. Every Body in its Place : The reproduction of inequality by way of education in Metropolis and Snowpiercer 

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Ebbe Bjelkendal; [2020]
   Keywords : Ideology; ideological state apparatuses; pedagogic action; pedagogic authority; science fiction; corporatism; neoliberalism;

   Abstract : With increasing inequality in the world, having knowledge about the apparatuses maintaining unequal social structures is important. Utopian and dystopian science fiction films are a good source for analysis of social structures, due to their inherent interest in social critique and the role of semiotics in the spreading of ideology. READ MORE

5. 4. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
   Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

   Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

6. 5. Regulating Resistance: The ideological control of the protests in Gothenburg 2001

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Tobias Hedkvist; [2006]
   Keywords : protests; Althusser;

   Abstract : This C-paper is a study of state practices around the anti-EU demonstrations in Gothenburg 2001. Based on Louis Althusser's recognition of repressive and ideological state apparatuses, I look at how a democratic state tries to control the political message of a demonstration, by relying on its force and ideology. READ MORE