Essays about: "orientalist discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words orientalist discourse.

  1. 1. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Åberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

    Abstract : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Illusion of Care? : A Critical Study of the Rhetoric Used by Volunteer Tourism Organizations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Forsmoo; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis examines the rhetoric of the volunteer tourism organization Volontärresor in regards to how it contributes to a normalizing discourse around global inequality. Given that rhetoric affects people’s perceptions of matters, and by extension their behaviors, the choice of words becomes political. READ MORE

  4. 3. “On an ecliptic Tuesday or Saturday the Tantrik practises several black arts.”

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Maggie Kastlund; [2022-05-12]
    Keywords : Tantra; Theosophy; Occultism; Postcolonial Theory; Thematic Analysis; Literature Study; The Theosophist; Lucifer; Helena Petrovna Blavatsky; Arthur Avalon;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates descriptions of Tantra within nineteenth to twentieth century Theosophy. 34 accounts from two Theosophical periodicals, The Theosophist (1879–) and Lucifer (1887–97) published between the years 1879–1941 were analyzed by departing from thematic analysis and postcolonial theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Råvan Talani; [2022]
    Keywords : YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evil Monsters and Machines : A Techno-Orientalist Perspective on Threat Perception in the United Kingdom

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Lisa Bergsten; [2021]
    Keywords : techno-orientalism; orientalism; security; threat perception; United Kingdom; China; discourse analysis; poststructuralism;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the construction of China as a security threat in the United Kingdom, through the theoretical lens of techno-Orientalism. The main argument is that techno-Orientalist ideas influence the Western perception of China as a security threat, which leads to the creation of certain fears regarding China which affects the identity creation of both the United Kingdom and China. READ MORE