Essays about: "nationhood"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word nationhood.

  1. 1. A Captor held Unconsciously Captive: Postcolonial Iranian Identity and its Narration in Man of my Time 

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

    Author : Céline Nasim Valentina Ragus; [2022]
    Keywords : Iran; Post-Colonialism; Literature;

    Abstract : This project aims to investigate the presentation of identity in Dalia Sofer’s novel Man of My Time with concepts coined by Homi K. Bhabha and further discussed by Stuart Hall and David Huddart. READ MORE

  2. 2. Ideology, Allegory, and Identity: : A Study of American Political Cartoons, 1770-1815

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Vårenius; [2022]
    Keywords : National identity; Political cartoons; Allegorical representations; War of 1812; United States; War of independence; Visual narratives; Pictorial cultures; Caricatures; National stereotypes;

    Abstract : In 1776, war broke out in the Colonies of New England between British Subjects, colonists, and those emplyed by the crown to uphoald law and order across the Atlantic. The union that wuld emerge from the war would have to develop what the colnial powers they migrated from had been adding on for centuries: an understanding of national character. READ MORE

  3. 3. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Samuel Holm; [2020]
    Keywords : Latvia; language policy; nationalism; imagined community; national unity;

    Abstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE

  4. 4. Echoes of the past : The legacy of the Herero-Nama genocide in Namibia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonatan Lyrefelt; [2020]
    Keywords : Genocide legacy; collective memory; narrative and silencing;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the legacy of the Herero-Nama genocide that occurred in 1904 to 1908 by examining the descendant’s narrative in contrast to the preeminent state narrative. I investigate both these narratives from the emic perspective of the Herero people in Namibia, who today are a minority group. READ MORE

  5. 5. The myth of ACGN nationalism in China : animation, audiences, and nationalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Yunyi Liao; [2020]
    Keywords : ACGN nationalism; nationalism; animation; audiences; fans; youth; subculture; myth; Ne Zha; Chinese animated films; China; everyday nationalism; online and offline; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the prevalence of nationalism in the reception of Chinese animated films. One example of this is the widely-circulated online expression of ‘the rise of Chinese animation’ by engaged audiences and fans. The term ‘ACGN nationalism’ (erciyuan minzu zhuyi) has been coined to describe this phenomenon in previous research. READ MORE