Essays about: "modernity"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 194 essays containing the word modernity.

  1. 26. Unpacking taste : the social life of wine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Henrik Mikael Waldin; [2022]
    Keywords : social fields; modernity; tradition; authenticity; natural wine;

    Abstract : Wine’s context exceeds the story of pleasure and natural enchantment as it is also laden with conflict and controversy. Wine is part of contemporary discussions on globalization, class and postcolonialism, biodiversity and climate change. In a sense, wine does not only reflect nature, but wine also reflects and is embedded in its social context. READ MORE

  3. 27. Beyond Modernity : Narrative Strategies in Hindi Short Stories of Uday Prakash

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : David Dymén; [2022]
    Keywords : Uday Prakash; Hindi literature; magic realism; magical realism; the fantastic; regionalism; postcolonialism; postmodernism; realism; experimentalism; genre; narratology.; Uday Prakāś; hindī sāhitya; jāduī yathārthvād; āṃcaliktā; uttaropaniveśvād; uttar ādhuniktā; prayogvād; yathārthvād; śailī.; उदय प्रकाश; हिंदी साहित्य; जादुई याथार्थवाद; आंचलिकता; उत्तरोपानिवेश्वाद; उत्तर आधुनिकता; प्रायोगवाद; याथार्थवाद; शैली;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different genres and modes of writing in short stories of the contemporary Indian author Uday Prakash, such as magical realism, the fantastic, regionalism, postcolonial and postmodern writing. It poses the question: “In which literary genre should Uday Prakash’s writings best be categorised?” The study is based on a reading of Prakash’s collection, 10 Pratinidhi kahāniyāṃ – Ten Representative Stories, consisting of ten stories of the author’s own choice. READ MORE

  4. 28. Colonial continuities and their influence on knowledge production on the migration and climate change nexus : A policy analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Agnes Ziegler; [2022]
    Keywords : Global Compact for Safe; Orderly and Regular Migration; climate change and migration; knowledge; modernity coloniality; racial capitalism; policy-making; intergovernmental institutions;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currectly facing humanity. Its impacts lead to the displacement of people through sea level rise, desertification, drought, flood and other ecological disaster. The global imbalance of power results in people being unequally affected by climate change. READ MORE

  5. 29. Stereotypes in British Comedy : An Analysis of Open All Hours and The Good Life

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : AINTZANE BELAMENDIA; [2022]
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    Abstract : The aim of this work is to analyse how the comic effect is constructed from a series ofstereotypes that characterize the British sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s. It is based on thewriter´s hypothesis that British television situation comedy in the second half of the twentiethcentury depended heavily on depicting mythical stereotypical characters in British society andconfronting these with aspects of modernity, especially in relation to the relaxation of sexualmores and the erosion of class distinction. READ MORE

  6. 30. A Capabilities Approach to Late Modernity : Flexibility, Singularity, and Human Flourishing in the Labor Market

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Paula Gürtler; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied Ethics; Capabilities Approach; Late Modernity; Labor Market; Flexibility; Singularity;

    Abstract : In my paper, I argue that the underlying social ideals of the late modern labor market, namely flexibility and singularity, undermine human flourishing as conceptualized by Martha C. Nussbaum. It is on these grounds, that we should be critical of late modernity. READ MORE