Essays about: "non-white"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word non-white.
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1. Disrupting Dominant Discourses: : Hybridity in Jane Eyre and Get Out
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This study examines the theme of hybridity in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre and Jordan Peele’s film Get Out. Both the narrative text in the novel and the script with visual elements of the film use the concept of hybridity through Gothic motifs: a mad non-white woman in the attic in Jane Eyre and a psychological place in Get Out, where members of a white family hypnotise black people in order to exploit their physical capabilities. READ MORE
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2. The Postmigrant Author in the Danish Media : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Danish Media’s Portrayal of the Postmigrant Author
University essay fromAbstract : This study investigates the portrayal of three postmigrant authors in the Danish media. By critically analyzing 12 articles, the study explores the characteristic features of the media’s portrayal of the authors. READ MORE
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3. “Living in a Post-Racial Matrix” : A case study of how female journalists negotiate a working identity at Sveriges Radio
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : While research on the different expressions of racism in media has been closely linked to the understanding of stereotypes in a plethora of research, little is known about the journalists' perspectives and experiences of racism. However, in 2020, an anti-racist manifesto called “Whose SR?” (Vems SR?” 2021) was published online where the Swedish public radio Sveriges Radio (SR) was criticized by current and former employees for its lack of diverse representation and for having a work-environment where non-white journalists are marginalized. READ MORE
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4. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE
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5. Racial Representation in Swedish Children´s Picture Books : A Reflection of Hegemonic Whiteness
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : In this thesis, through critically analysing images and text in a selection of Swedish children's picture books, the aim is to investigate how white and non-white bodies are represented, and how racial differences between these white and non-white bodies are depicted and racial meanings addressed. Theoretical concepts from within the field of Critical race- and Whiteness studies are applied, to demonstrate how hegemonic whiteness and colour-blindness as discourse is prevalent in these children´s books, which is achieved by using non-white characters as tokens. READ MORE
