Essays about: "self-love"

Found 3 essays containing the word self-love.

  1. 1. Theorizing & (re)discovering the Self : An autoethnographic & affect-theoretical approach to swedishness & colombianness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Daniela Rodriguez Alvarez; [2022]
    Keywords : affect theory; the self; identity; temporality; colombianness; swedishness; migrant; creative writing; writing from the flesh; WOC feminism; haunting; representation; shame; depression; autoethnography; brown commons; disidentification; translanguaging; writing and theorizing as healing;

    Abstract : This thesis is structured as a feminist creative endeavour, a practice of self-love that aims at exploring (my) depression as a cultural and social phenomenon caused mainly by an inability to correctly embody swedishness, a constant haunting of a colonial and Colombian past, and the affective dimensions of language. This text is based on autoethnographic material about the experiences of being a Colombian-born migrant in Sweden and uses mainly affect theory and decolonial theory to make sense of these experiences. READ MORE

  3. 2. Trust in Brand Activism: A look at self-love campaigns of beauty brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Ngoc Nguyen; [2022]
    Keywords : brand activism; brand trust; activism campaign; beauty brands; controlled communication; argument strength; activism activities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, brand activism has been mentioned as a new evolution in corporate sociopolitical involvement. From the customers’ perspective, they expect brands to be more vocal and take a stance to tackle challenges. They do not want neutral brands anymore. READ MORE

  4. 3. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE