Essays about: "othering of minorities"

Found 5 essays containing the words othering of minorities.

1. 1. Rainbow-Washing on Screen: Perceptions of 21st Century Popular Media Representations of Queer Identities in a Comparison between Sweden and Czechia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elizabeth Hythova; [2022]
   Keywords : queer representation; stereotypes in popular media; social constructionism; heteronormativity; othering of minorities; queer theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how queer people perceive queer representations in popular media (film and TV) produced in recent years and how such representations affect queer people’s identity and self-perception, as well as how they mirror and reproduce heteronormative understandings of queerness. A cultural comparison between Czechia and Sweden in perceptions of heteronormativity and queer representations and media is also made. READ MORE

3. 2. Pyramids, Cats, and Arabian Nights: Contemporary Egypt in Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and The Race 2

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Amr Saleh; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to shed light on how contemporary Egyptian culture is represented in video games. Egypt, being part of the Middle East, and given its ancient history, has become subject to many stereotypes and tropes and falling into the realm of Orientalism. READ MORE

4. 3. Ethnic Prejudice and Discrimination of the Somali Minority Groups : The Image Of The Other As An Enemy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Abdihakim Barre Warsame; [2020]
   Keywords : Enemy Images; Challenges; Minorities; Majorities; Clans;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the mechanisms of discrimination, othering, prejudice and enemy imaging work in conflict and non-conflict zones. The study further explored if the informants stories differ when in conflict zones. READ MORE

5. 4. Opre Roma! // Up, Romanies! : A Thematic Analysis of Appearance, Voice and Agency of Romani Media Activists’ Platforms in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Leonie Noe; [2020]
   Keywords : Romani Media Activism; Media Activism; Collective Agency; Silence; Structural Discrimination; Othering; Dehumanization; Voice; Appearance; Historicity; Decoloniality; Thematic Analysis; Semi-Structured Interviewing; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research is concerned with Romani media activists’ use of different online platforms in order to counter the stereotypical representation of Roma in dominant discourses, such as in mass media and state policies. Links are made between these platforms and the cultural context of Sweden that they are set in. READ MORE

6. 5. A History of Roma in the Public Sphere : The social construction of Roma in press and history textbooks after Ceausescu

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Emanuel Chiorean; [2016]
   Keywords : Roma; Gypsies; Romania Libera; media history; stereotypification; othering; social construction; realities par excellence; history textbooks; historical metanarrative; minorities.;

   Abstract : This study addresses the post-revolutionary history of Roma in the Romanian public sphere by examining the social construction of this minority in press and history textbooks. The objective is to illuminate synchronic and diachronic structural patterns in public texts debating Roma in order to offer a deeper understanding of the Romanian xenophobia assuming that the public debate affects the status quo of Roma. READ MORE