Essays about: "neo-orientalism"

Found 2 essays containing the word neo-orientalism.

  1. 1. Reproducing gendered and orientalist narratives - The representation of Western IS-women in Swedish media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Natasja Bergström; [2020]
    Keywords : media representation; women; gender; political violence; ISIS; Islamic state; postcolonial feminism; narrative; orientalism; neo-orientalism; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Development and international relations discourses have for a long-time represented women through dichotomous portrayals, either as liberated Western women or as oppressed Eastern women. The former being the heroic saviour of the latter. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why Arab-Muslim Women in War Matters: A Case Study Analysis of Women in the United Arab Emirates' Armed Forces

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Natalie Marie-Louise Nolte; [2015]
    Keywords : women in the military; the United Arab Emirates; Islam and women; Emiratization; Neo-Orientalism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Knowledge about women’s participation in combat roles, yet alone in national armed forces in the Arab countries is very limited. Although more women are acquiring access to combat roles worldwide, most scholarly investigations have focused on servicewomen in the West. READ MORE