Essays about: "modernity"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 194 essays containing the word modernity.
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21. “God Lives in Peru Today” : The israelita religious movement and the transmission of faith across digital and transnational networks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : After emerging from the central Peruvian Andes in the 1950s, the israelita religious movement has expanded across Latin America and beyond, reaching the urban centers of the Global North. The growth of the Peruvian israelitas makes part of a regional trend that has transformed the Latin American religious field. READ MORE
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22. Beer Festival and Place Identity : An Analysis of Munich Oktoberfest And Qingdao International Beer Festival
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : As microcosms of German and Chinese societies, Munich Oktoberfest and Qingdao International Beer Festival are important manifestations of local culture. This study intends to answer the following question: to which extent are beer festivals in Germany and China related to local history and the local sense of place? A historical overview of the beer festivals in Munich and Qingdao is provided, as well as an analysis of how people seeking a sense of belonging creatively combine cognitive schemata of modernity with local cultural systems on a symbolic level. READ MORE
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23. Building Bridges Through Visual Manifestations of Statelessness : Decolonial feminism and coalitional engagement against denial of genocide in the Dominican Republic
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle; Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och SamhälleAbstract : The work presented aims to show the complexity, causes, and challenges of being stateless in the Dominican Republic through the medium of documentaries. This thesis will also uncoverpossibilities of resistance and coalitional engagement. READ MORE
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24. "What stunning brilliance, what modern veracity:" Jean Baudrillard's America as a Reluctantly Romantic Document
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : .... READ MORE
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25. The Impermanence of Norms : A Study of Fahrenheit 451 Based on Foucauldian Concepts
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaAbstract : In 1953 Ray Bradbury wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451. The plot is set in a fictional, North American future. READ MORE