Essays about: "orientalism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 95 essays containing the word orientalism.

1. 21. High Demands and Even Higher Ambitions : An Analysis of Swedish Development Policy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Måns Frenning; [2021]
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   Abstract : This study is a poststructural policy analysis of the Swedish governmental writing called Politics for Global Development in the Implementation of Agenda 2030. The writing is the most recent Swedish development policy and is built upon agenda 2030. The method that is used in this thesis is described by Carol Bacchi and called WPR. READ MORE

3. 22. The Spectacle of the Alien/Migrant An exploration through Hollywood Science fiction and Horror Movies before and after 9/11

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Jonathan Cardenas; [2021]
   Keywords : science-fiction; horror; blockbuster; representation; alien; the other; myth; immigration; migrant; Hollywood; orientalism; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims at addressing the question of the representation of the Other within current dominant visual media. The Other, in the context of this thesis, refers to any minority community group identified as different from a certain dominant norm; depending on the context it could correspond to groups such as Women, Afro-Americans or Arabs. READ MORE

4. 23. The Mah Jong Game of Life : Storytelling, Identity and Orientalist Discourse in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club

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

   Author : Victoria Balakireva; [2021]
   Keywords : Amy Tan; Asian American literature; Orientalism; language; storytelling; representation;

   Abstract : This project examines the connection between the representations of Chinese American women and the Orientalist discourse, as depicted in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. Using a deconstructive and intersectional approach, the project focuses on four interconnected constituents that regulate the novel’s main structural and thematic elements: Narrative Structure; Mother-Daughter Relationships; Language, Writing and Identity; and Feminist Affirmations. READ MORE

5. 24. Orientalism - A Netflix Unlimited Series : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Orientalist Representations of Arab Identify on Netflix Film and Television

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Stefan Maatouk; [2021]
   Keywords : Netflix; Orientalism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Othering; Media; Power; Knowledge; Ideology; Hegemony;

   Abstract : Orientalism was a term developed by post-colonial theorist Edward Said to describe the ways in which Europeans, or the West, portrayed the Orient as inferior, uncivilized, and wholly anti-Western. Netflix Inc. READ MORE

6. 25. Perceptions of “Progress” among Journalists in Kenya : An exploratory study

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

   Author : Agnes Rube; [2021]
   Keywords : perceptions; “progress”; journalism; Kenya; in-depth interviews; media practitioners; survey; knowledge level; development indicators; knowledge production; epistemology; negative bias; internalized orientalism; post-development; post-colonialism;

   Abstract : This study explores what factors Kenyan journalists perceive influence their assessment of progress in the country and in what ways they believe their world-views impact their reporting. The study also assesses the journalists' awareness and knowledge of national progress achieved in development indicators. READ MORE