Essays about: "official narratives"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words official narratives.

  1. 21. Competing Narratives in Contemporary Japanese War Cinema : Comparing representations of World War II and the military in four recent films

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Author : Benjamin Vaughn; [2018]
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    Abstract : In Japan, the question of how to best remember the events of World War II is often a politically sensitive issue. Japan has occasionally been accused of glossing over its history of war crimes and acts of aggression in textbooks, official statements and other areas. READ MORE

  3. 22. Contested identity, contested struggle : A critical discourse analysis on victim-agent narratives regarding commercial sex in Thailand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Aler; [2018]
    Keywords : Agency; Victimisation; Agent-Victim Framework; Commercial Sex; Sex Work; Postcolonialism; Feminist Theory; Thailand;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how efforts regarding the commercial sex industry in Thailand can be positioned in relation to an agent-victim framework. In the context of the expanding sex industry in Thailand, it becomes relevant to look at how efforts regarding it risks reproducing notions of ‘the prostitute’ as the victimised Other, and thus reinforcing neo-colonialism. READ MORE

  4. 23. A fully feminist foreign policy? : A postcolonial feminist analysis of Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mia-Lie Nylund; [2017]
    Keywords : Feminist Foreign Policy; postcolonial theory; feminist theory; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis is a postcolonial feminist discourse analysis of Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy. Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy is unique to the world, but it is not the only case of incorporating a gender perspective as a central part of national or international politics. READ MORE

  5. 24. Legal Consciousness and Language Rights: Passing on Finnish Minority Language to Future Generations in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Veera Säisä; [2017]
    Keywords : European linguistic diversity; National minority language; Sweden; Access to justice; Right to mother tongue education; Legal consciousness; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When law is ambiguously articulated or various legal norms and obligations are working simultaneously, it creates a puzzling situation to individuals that are expected to follow or live under the unclear law. To study these instances, one must depart from the analysis of formal legal texts and legal institutions into the everyday experiences and perceptions of individual citizens. READ MORE

  6. 25. A New Russian Idea? : Neo-Eurasianist Ideas in the Russian Presidential Addressesto the Federal Assembly 2014 – 2016

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Melin; [2017]
    Keywords : Aleksandr Dugin; Neo-Eurasianism; Vladimir Putin; Addresses to the Federal Assembly; civilization;

    Abstract : This essay aims to determine the prevalence of Neo-Eurasianist ideas in the Russian official political discourse be examining the Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 2014, 2015 and 2016. Neo-Eurasianism is understood as a political ideology encompassing narratives, norms and policy suggestions. The study is conducted in two steps. READ MORE