Essays about: "imperial"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 53 essays containing the word imperial.

  1. 31. IMPERIAL RHETORIC AND THE FINNISH OTHER IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE in selected works of Aleksandr Puškin and Fëdor Dostojevskij

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Tuomas Taavila; [2017-06-16]
    Keywords : ryska; Russian Empire; Finland; literature; Aleksandr Puškin; Fëdor Dostojevskij; nation building; imperial rhetoric; devices of colonization;

    Abstract : Inspired by the ongoing debate on Russia’s imperial revival, this paper is set to explore earlier manifestations of Russian imperial rhetoric in Russian literature of the 1800s. The second aim of this study is to analyse the imperial rhetoric with reference to one of Russia’s neighbouring countries, Finland. READ MORE

  3. 32. The limes of Roman Dacia near the auxiliary fort of Bologa. An application of GIS viewshed analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Edmond Nagy; [2017]
    Keywords : Roman frontiers; limes; Roman army; watchtowers; signaling; Roman Dacia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the frontier defensive system found in the vicinity of the Roman auxiliary fort near modern-day Bologa, Cluj County, Romania. The goal is to study the visual relationship between the more certain watchtowers and the other military installations (the auxiliary fort and other fortlets) to understand how arrangements and visibility might have contributed to the functioning of the local and the provincial defensive system. READ MORE

  4. 33. Economic Inequality in Imperial and Modern Russia in the Context of Political Instability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Lukkari; [2017]
    Keywords : Economic inequality; political instability; Russia; labor income share; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Contemporary Russia is among some of the most unequal countries. After the fall of the Soviet Union, economic inequality has rapidly increased, and social discontent is rising as demonstrated by the continuous protests that culminated in opposition rallies during March 2017. READ MORE

  5. 34. THE ACTOR OF SUBURBIA: IDENTITY AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION IN THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Hallhagen; [2016-02-03]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; performativity; authenticity; Orientalism;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 35. Separated by gender? A contribution to the debate on Roman Imperial Period burial grounds in northern Germany

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Rebecka Jonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Archaeology; gender; Roman Imperial Period; GIS; Elbe Germanic people; burial ground analysis; intersectionality; genderscript; spatial analysis;

    Abstract : This study concerns 28 Roman Iron Age Germanic burial grounds located in proximity to the river Elbe (dt. "Elbegermanen"). READ MORE