Essays about: "race"

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  1. 1. “I DO NOT WRITE MERE WORDS. I WRITE OF HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD” An Intersectional Approach to Identity in Agnes Smedley’s Autobiographical Novel Daughter of Earth

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Zdravka Katinic; [2019-09-04]
    Keywords : Agnes Smedley; intersectionality; identity; gender;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes Agnes Smedley’s autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth (1929) from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to concentrate on the novel itself, Smedley’s alter ego Marie Rogers, and the different aspects that govern the construction of her identity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Now you see it, now you don’t - A literature-based study on identifying normative whiteness in relation to structural racism and social determinants of health

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för medicin

    Author : Laura Voutilainen; [2019-08-01]
    Keywords : whiteness; critical race and whiteness studies; social determinants of health; public health; structural racism; vithet; kritiska ras- och vithetsstudier; hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer; folkhälsovetenskap; strukturell rasism;

    Abstract : Bakgrund: Strukturell rasism betraktas alltmer som en central faktor för skillnader i hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer. Att eliminera sådana strukturer kan därmed ses som ett centralt mål för att nå jämlik hälsa för alla med lika villkor. Rollen av normativ vithet har dock inte ännu betraktats som en faktor inom folkhälsoområdet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Immigration, education and employment - Does education affect assimilation of migrants in the labor market?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Malin Apler; Carl Tosteby; [2019-07-11]
    Keywords : Immigration Economics; Assimilation; Education;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to analyze how the level of education affects the probability of being employed for immigrants in the United States (U.S.) during the period 2000-2017. READ MORE

  5. 4. Representation and Stereotyping in Board Games. A Study of How Gender, Race, Sexuality, Ability and Age Are Portrayed in Strategic Board Games

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Maria Oliviander; [2019-07-08]
    Keywords : representation; stereotypes; gender roles; board games; gender theory; intersectionality theory; cultivation theory;

    Abstract : The purpose of this investigation is to see if contemporary strategic board games maintain a stereotypical representation of different societal groups. The main objectives are to see to what extent different social groups are represented and how they are being represented. Special attention will be directed at stereotypes. READ MORE

  6. 5. The need of separatist spaces : a queer feminist exploration of saunas and lesbian spaces

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Kim Schmidt; [2019]
    Keywords : sauna; queer; feminist; separatism; lesbian spaces; minority; exclusion; inclusion; architecture; public space; bastu; arkitektur; queer; feminitisk; separatism; lesbisk; lesbiska rum; lesbisk frukost; lesbisk makt; minioritet; exkludering; inkludering; offentliga rum;

    Abstract : This thesis explores separatist spaces, with focus on lesbian spaces, with the aim of enabling discussion about the need and configuration of that type of spaces. The focus is on exclusion as a method for achieving an equal society in the long term. READ MORE