Essays about: "mixed race"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words mixed race.

  1. 1. "I'LL SPEAK FOR BOTH SIDES": Coloniality and Hybridity in Identity Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Filippa Kakavand; [2024-03-21]
    Keywords : Leslie Marmon Silko; Ceremony; postcolonialism; coloniality; hybridity; magical realism; identity; storytelling; Indigenous; Native American literature;

    Abstract : This study explores the complex relations between coloniality and hybridity in identity construction for the Native American community in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. The study aims to examine how these literary techniques contribute to the protagonist's construction of identity, specifically focusing on his mixed-race identity and the way in which coloniality influences his experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘I feel like I do not really belong anywhere’ : Multiethnic and Multiracial Identities in the Finnish Context

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

    Author : Leila Kuusiniemi; [2023]
    Keywords : identity construction; social identity theory; Finland; discrimination; mixed race;

    Abstract : This study examines the experiences of multiracial and multiethnic young adults in Finland, aged between 24-28, as they negotiate their daily lived experiences and construct their identities in the framework of ethnicity, race, belonging, and discrimination. The study utilises a qualitative research approach with a thematic analysis of four semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of Language and Race Representation in Healthcare Communication and Its Effect on Message Perception : A Case Study on the Perception of English Versus Arabic Healthcare Communication in Cairo, Egypt

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

    Author : Ramy Nasralla; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication; social identity; post colonialism; language; race;

    Abstract : Abstract  Background: Healthcare communication by nonprofit organizations, such as the WHO, is facing challenges in today’s interconnected world. Healthcare communication has profound impact on human lives, such as on well-being. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finding Junctions in Spline-based Road Generation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Isak Nyström; Danny Darwiche; [2022]
    Keywords : Bezier; Bezier Subdivision; Convex Hull; De Casteljau; Intersection Detection; Jarvis March; Procedural Geometry; Separating Axis Theorem; Splines; Sutherland-Hodgman;

    Abstract : Splines are a common mixed-initiative technique for road generation. A designer draws the shape of the curve but the mesh can be procedurally generated along the spline. This relationship improves the workflow of building roads in virtual environments and video games without taking away all of the control of the designer. READ MORE

  6. 5. becoming and belonging : narratives of negotiating racial mixedness, femininity, and sexuality

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Nora Grollmuss; [2022]
    Keywords : mixed-race; women; belonging; becoming; intersubjectivity; autoethnography; ethnography; femininity; racialization; exotification; embodiment; phenomenology.;

    Abstract : This study is about how eight mixed-race women, residing in urban Sweden, experience their own becoming through body and sexuality and through the way they experience that other individuals and the outer world view them. The methods used are ethnographic interviewing and autoethnographic writing. READ MORE