Essays about: "postcolonial feminist theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the words postcolonial feminist theory.

  1. 11. Policy-as-Discourse Approach to Gender Equality Policies of the European Union in External Affairs: Gender Action Plan III

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Narmin Zeynalli; [2021]
    Keywords : European Union; Gender in equality ; Gender Mainstreaming; the WPR method; Discourse Analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines gender equality policies of the European Union in external affairs. The aim is to discover how the meaning and “problem” of gender (in)equality is constructed, represented, and problematized in the gender policies for external action. READ MORE

  3. 12. Combating GBV and Building Feminist Peace in the Southern Cameroon Armed Conflict: The case of WILPF- Cameroon and SCEW.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Bibiana Bienka'a Tanda; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; armed conflict; cultural norms; Women’s organisations; feminist Peace.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Gender-based violence (GBV) be it in peace or conflict settings is a persistent problem that has gained grounds and concerns for activists, women’s organisations, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in general and international bodies like the United Nations. Social inequalities and cultural ideologies inform GBV and other forms of violence that are amplified in war times. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Adopted Daughter of Africa : A Close Reading of Joyce in Crossing the River from Postcolonial and Feminist Perspectives

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Ann-Louise Holmlind; [2021]
    Keywords : Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; slavery; postcolonialism; the Black Atlantic; the African diaspora; feminism; racism; hope;

    Abstract : Abstract   The aim of this essay is to explain why Caryl Phillips presents Joyce as "the adopted daughter of Africa" at the end of Crossing the River (1993). This will be done by performing a close reading. This essay will focus on Joyce’s actions and behaviour. READ MORE

  5. 14. Pro-life, Positioning and Imperialism - A Critical Discourse Analysis of U.S. Foreign Aid Statements on Abortion and Reproductive Health

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Charlotte German; [2020]
    Keywords : United States of America; Foreign Aid; Abortion; Critical Discourse Analysis; Postcolonial Feminist Theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses Critical Discourse Analysis to explore how the practice of abortion is defined and created in U.S. presidential administrations’ statements on foreign aid, how the discourses regarding abortion and reproductive health have changed between 1984-2019 and how the U.S. READ MORE

  6. 15. In Danger or Dangerous? : A discourse analysis of representations of Swedish women and children affiliated with ISIS after the breakdown of the 'caliphate'

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofia Trygged; [2020]
    Keywords : ISIS; securitization; gender; racism; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : After the fall of ISIS ‘caliphate’, Sweden and other European countries are struggling with how to handle the group of people who left Europe to join the terrorist organisation and now seek to return. In traditional narratives of gender and war, women and children are commonly perceived as innocent victims in need of protection. READ MORE