Essays about: "said´s orientalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words said´s orientalism.

  1. 1. The Portrayal of Orphanage Voluntourism in the Global South : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Voluntourism Websites Under Human Rights Aspects

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

    Author : Elena Wasserzier; [2023]
    Keywords : orphanage voluntourism; children´s rights; Human Rights; discourse;

    Abstract : Orphanage volunteering in the Global South has experienced worldwide criticism in recent years as children’s rights violations have surfaced. This thesis examines the discourse of two organizations (“Global Crossroad” and“uVolunteer) that still offer orphanage voluntourism and assesses in what ways they display neo-colonial characteristics on their websites. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Dream Interpreter : A Historical and Postcolonial Analysis of the Development of Antoinette Cosway in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Nathalie Pontén; [2022]
    Keywords : Wide Sargasso Sea; Jean Rhys; Jane Eyre; Colonialism; Patriarchy; Orientalism; Edward Said;

    Abstract : This essay will discuss Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea from a postcolonial and historical perspective, to show how Rhys’s recreation of Bertha Rochester’s past (Charlotte Brontë’s madwoman in Jane Eyre) can make her end appear triumphant. The analysis will be based on a combination of aspects from the novel’s contemporary English and Caribbean societies and Edward Said’s thoughts about Orientalism, mainly the binary opposition between Europe and the Orient and the creation of Orientalist knowledge. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Multiplicity of Colonial Literature: Using the Portrayal of the Indian Population to Promote Democratic Values and Vocabulary Development in Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Michael Lindfors; [2022]
    Keywords : Rudyard Kipling; Edward Said; Paul Nation; Orientalism; vocabulary development; democratic values; second language teaching;

    Abstract : This essay explores the ways colonial short stories by Rudyard Kipling can be used in many different aspects of language teaching in upper secondary school.The analysis takes inspiration from Edward Said’s Orientalism, where he discusses and argues for the prevalence of the phenomenon of Orientalism in the zeitgeist of Western society during the age of European occupation and colonization. READ MORE

  5. 4. American representations of Mexico in the early 1900s : stereographs portraying the other’s modernity and backwardness

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mediehistoria

    Author : Kathya Ninette Nordin; [2022]
    Keywords : Media History; Orientalism; Stereoscope; Visual analysis; Stereograph; Mexico; USA; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. READ MORE

  6. 5. France and the Lost Boys : A discourse analysis examining the securitization of French children affiliated with the Islamic State in the camps of Al-Hol and Al-Roj

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Linnea Wesslén; [2021]
    Keywords : Islamic State; France; securitization; orientalism; children; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Following the fall of the Islamic State, thousands of former IS fighters took refuge with their children in the camps of Al-Hol and Al-Roj where they have since been detained in degrading conditions by local authorities. In the camps are there about 27,500 children of foreign nationalities. READ MORE