Essays about: "morrison s"

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  1. 11. The Stains of Colourism and Shame : An Exploration into Toni Morrison's novel God Help the Child 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Juliette Thompson; [2020]
    Keywords : self-esteem; racist shaming; colourism; passing; internalised racism and coping mechanisms;

    Abstract : In this essay we will analyse Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child (2015), to show how colourism and racist shaming, an ordeal that began with slavery, has continued to affect the lives of the characters Sweetness and her daughter Bride, two black women living in America. These negative ideologies, which are pervasive in American society, have been internalised and created a low self-esteem in both characters. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Eva Yigit; [2020]
    Keywords : abject; Beloved; Derrida; deconstruction; écriture féminine; ghost; Kristeva; Morrison; motherhood; poststructuralism; semiotic order; spectrality; slavery; trauma.;

    Abstract : This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in which meaning is created and communicated. READ MORE

  4. 13. “Flight Shaming”- A Swedish media analysis of an emerging discourse in the climate change debate

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kate Morrison; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; flight shaming; discourse analysis; Sweden; climate change debate;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse the emerging discourse of ‘flight shaming’ in the climate change debate in Sweden. A discourse analysis was applied to a selection of translated printed newspaper articles from a variety of Swedish media outlets. READ MORE

  5. 14. A Psychoanalytical Study on the Importance of Skin Tone in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Sandra De Freitas; [2019]
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  6. 15. DO CONSUMERS BELIEVE EACH OTHER ONLINE? : A study of how consumers assess credibility of brand-related UGC

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Rebecca Ketola; Sandra Norrman; [2019]
    Keywords : UGC; brand-related UGC; user-generated content; consumer-generated content; consumer power; consumer response; e-WOM; brand perception; co-creation; brand communication; UGC marketing; brand management; communication process; credibility;

    Abstract : With the gradual rise of Web-2.0 based platforms, Internet users were given the possibility to interact with each other in virtual communities. READ MORE