Essays about: "otherness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 88 essays containing the word otherness.

1. 1. Colonialism in The Expanse : A study of otherness, diaspora, and language in The Expanse

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Ida Sundberg; [2024]
   Keywords : science fiction; postcolonialism; The Expanse; the Other; creole; diaspora;

   Abstract : This essay examined postcolonialism in the first two novels in The Expanse series, Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War. Using otherness, creole language, and diaspora, this essay argued that The Expanse used three groups to demonstrate postcolonialism, showing that the Belters are the oppressed group and Earth oppressors. READ MORE

3. 2. THE CHOSEN CREATURES: HOW ANIMAL JUXTAPOSITIONS IN ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA CONTRIBUTED TO INSTITUTIONALIZED OTHERNESS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Author : Heidi Keller; [2023-07-06]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This paper discusses how anthropomorphic animals have been used in depicting Jews in antisemitic art and propaganda imagery since the late High Middle Ages until the first half of the 20th century. It sheds light on why certain animal species were chosen to symbolize Jews, and categorizes the animals into three groups: creatures taken from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Jewish folklore inspired by it, animals presented in secular and pagan folklore influenced by legends from Ancient Greece and Rome, and the “anti-charismatic” fauna. READ MORE

4. 3. Frankenstein Unmasked : A Critical Analysis of “Otherness” in Frankenstein and its Significance for Establishing an Anti-Oppressive Education

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Nagham Kourie; [2023]
   Keywords : Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; Queer readings; Feminist reading; Disability studies; Otherness; Othering; Anti-Oppressive Education; Swedish Curriculum; Upper Secondary School; Oppression; Privilege.;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of “Otherness” in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein through three different lenses: queer readings, feminist readings, and disability studies, which will offer multiple perspectives of the “Otherness” present in the novel. The essay will engage with critics such as Benjamin Bagocius, Fuson Wang, and Colleen Hobbs. READ MORE

5. 4. Horrific images in East and West : A qualitative and comparative analysis of the visual representation of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in three Swedish news outlets

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Linda Agurell Swedmark; [2023]
   Keywords : Photojournalism; qualitative visual analysis; otherness; visibility; visualities; immigration discourse; Syria; Ukraine; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis compares the visual representation of Syrian refugees during the 2015 refugee crisis and Ukrainian refugees during the Russian invasion 2022 in news outlets Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dabladet and Aftonbladet. The aim of the study is thus to investigate how ethnic groups are framed in a photojournalistic setting. READ MORE

6. 5. Transnistrian Portrayals : Hostile Moldova and Democratic Transnistria

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språk

   Author : Midas Lundgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Приднестровье; ПМР; медиа; СМИ; новости; выборы; Первый Приднестровский; инаковость; дискурсивный анализ; Transnistrien; media; nyheter; val; Pervyj Pridnestrovskij; otherness; annanhet; diskursanalys;

   Abstract : В данной работе рассматривается содержание 37 новостных репортажей транслировавшихся на так называемом государственном приднестровском телевидении во время президентских выборов 2021 года. Исследуемые вопросы рассматривают, как освещались негативные реакции со стороны Молдовы, какие дискурсивные ”истины” создавались о Молдове и Приднестровье, как они соотносятся с концепцией инаковости, и что репрезентации Молдовы говорят о попытках приднестровских СМИ создать положительный образ республики. READ MORE