Essays about: "postcolonial concepts"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 59 essays containing the words postcolonial concepts.

  1. 16. A feminist critical discourse analysis of Sida’s gender ideology

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Clara Viklund Bornhauser; [2022]
    Keywords : Postcolonial theory; International development cooperation; empowerment; intersectionality; power systems;

    Abstract : This study offers a feminist critical discourse analysis of how Sida’s discourses can be viewed as consolidating a gender ideology and power asymmetries in gendered social orders. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) offer the theoretical and methodological framework to the investigation of gender ideology in Sida’s discourses. READ MORE

  3. 17. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : The Beach; postcolonial ecocriticism; utopia; wilderness; pastoral;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. READ MORE

  4. 18. What is the Connection Between the Import Regulations in Southeast Asia and the 2019 Changes to the Basel Convention Regarding Plastic Waste? : A Study on Governance Solutions and National Policy Responses to the Issues of Marine Plastic Pollution and the Global Plastic Waste Trade

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

    Author : Laura Katharina Albinger; [2022]
    Keywords : Basel Convention; national import policies; marine plastic pollution; plastic waste trade; waste colonialism; waste dumping;

    Abstract : Since the 2018 Chinese plastic waste import ban, the global plastic waste trade has been increasingly problematized, especially considering the correlated global environmental issue of marine plastic pollution. Therefore, governance approaches are required to curb marine plastic pollution and regulate the plastic waste trade to prevent situations of “waste dumping” in Global South countries. READ MORE

  5. 19. Status Disputes and Defiance in Postcolonial Relations: : How Can We understand France’s Increasingly Contested Status in Francophone West Africa?

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

    Author : Janusz Gloger; [2022]
    Keywords : france; west africa; post colonial; conflict; status; role theory; holsti; bull;

    Abstract : France is currently being faced with an increasing fury and insurrection in its former African colonies. This took many commentators by surprise. Afterall, French influence has been waning for at least two decades in the face of an increasing array of “new” players entering – what used to be considered – France’s “backyard”. READ MORE

  6. 20. Estonian-Russian Identities in the Conflict Zone : Postcolonial Readings of Andrei Ivanov’s “Untermensch: the part of me that is torn to pieces”

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Evelin Tamm; [2022]
    Keywords : Russophone identities; contemporary Estonian literature; Andrei Ivanov; Estonian Russian minority; Baltic postcolonialism; hybridity; русскоязычная идентичность; современная эстонская литература; Андрей Иванов; русское меньшинство в Эстонии; балтийский постколониализм; гибридность; ryska identiteter; estnisk samtidslitteratur; Andrei Ivanov; den ryska minoriteten i Estland; baltisk postkolonialism; hybriditet;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the changing identities of the Estonian Russophone minority based on the literary works of Estonian Russophone writers. It analyses Andrei Ivanov’s short novel Untermensch: the part of me that is torn to pieces applying the concepts of Baltic postcolonial identities and hybridity. READ MORE