Essays about: "postcolonial concepts"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 59 essays containing the words postcolonial concepts.

  1. 21. Ralph Ellison and the Postcolonial Identity of Black Invisibility

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Victoria Wendel; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse the postcolonial identity of black ‘invisibility’ in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952). It conceptualizes and explains the extended metaphor over the novel, of black identity and how black people are made invisible by historical and cultural factors. READ MORE

  3. 22. The issue of inclusion : A postcolonial analysis of “non-local” humanitarian actors' advocacy for SOGI inclusive humanitarian efforts in “SOGI hostile” states

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : SOGI inclusion; humanitarian action; postcolonialism; advocacy; ”non-local” humanitarian actors;

    Abstract : The inclusion of sexual and gender minorities (SOGI minorities) in humanitarian action has until quite recently been a neglected topic within the humanitarian sector. This paper zeroes in on the growing discussion surrounding this issue by analyzing and problematizing ”non-local” humanitarian actors' advocacy for SOGI inclusive humanitarian efforts in ”SOGI hostile” states. READ MORE

  4. 23. THE PERKS OF BEING ANAFRICAN WOMAN IN ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Makda Yoseph Berhie; [2021-02-02]
    Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Imitation;

    Abstract : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s contemporary literary works have prominently engaged with diasporic experiences, migration, and gender disparity,among other issues that fit under the umbrella of postcolonial literature. This essay aims to further explorethe representation of ‘the African woman’in three stories found in Adichie’s story collectionThe Thing Around Your Neck,namely ‘Imitation’, ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’, and ‘Jumping Monkey Hill’. READ MORE

  5. 24. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

  6. 25. Climate-induced migration in the proposed Joint Africa-EU Strategy - what's the problem represented to be?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Elin Söderberg Olofsson; [2021]
    Keywords : climate-induced migration; policy; European Union; WPR; othering; eurocentrism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study engages with problem representations of climate-induced migration in European Union (EU) policy. As Africa is a region highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and one of geopolitical interest for the EU, the material for the study consists of the policy documents concerning the new proposed Joint Africa-EU Strategy formulated by the EU in 2020 and 2021. READ MORE