Essays about: "social life essay"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 126 essays containing the words social life essay.

1. 11. On the Quest for Alternative Ways of Becoming : Multifaceted Means of Maturation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Martin Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Green Knight; Failure; The Hero’s Journey; David Lowery; Christopher Vogler; Coming of Age;

   Abstract : Living in an era where success is embraced as a life style, raises concerns that the alternatives to become, to grow and mature have been limited to a single variety – one where only triumph matters. This is a view that is spread through contemporary popular culture, whether it be in social media, video games, tv-series, films or books. READ MORE

3. 12. Social inclusion in Vietnam : - an ethnographic study of the everyday life of people withdisability in Da Nang

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

   Author : Klara Westby; [2023]
   Keywords : ethnography; phenomenology; participant observation; social inclusion; social model; disability; social work; Danang; Vietnam; etnografi; fenomenologi; deltagande observation; social inkludering; den sociala modellen; funktionsnedsättning; socialt arbete; Danang; Vietnam;

   Abstract : This essay is subject to explore the everyday life of people with disabilities [PWD] in DaNang, Vietnam. Previous research suggests that PWD are facing difficulties in most aspectsof their life, however, few studies provide the perspective of the PWD of their situation. READ MORE

4. 13. Life after social death : A study of creolisation among enslaved communities in the former Danish West Indies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Kajsa Rosén-Wiksten; [2023]
   Keywords : Slavery; transatlantic slave trade; creolisation; social death; material culture; theoretical framework; cultural expression; identity; agency; colonialism; inclusion; Slaveri; transatlantisk slavhandel; kreolisering; social död; materiell kultur; teoretiskt ramverk; kulturella uttryck; identitet; agens; kolonialism; inkludering;

   Abstract : This thesis examines and discusses how creolisation theory has influenced the material culture of enslaved people from former Danish West Indies plantations. The essay contends that creolisation is the theory required to advance slavery studies because it demonstrates how enslaved people created their own identity, belonging, and kept African cultures and customs alive despite being socially dead. READ MORE

5. 14. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sofia Schalander; [2022]
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   Abstract : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. READ MORE

6. 15. Women and Marriage: A Marxist reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Irmelie Sundfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; Marriage; Social Class; Marxism; Neo- Marxism; Louis Althusser; Ideological State Apparatus;

   Abstract : Marriage is arguably one of the most important events and choices to be made in one’s life, especially for many of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Whether characters are searching for a husband for themselves or is searching for someone else, marriage is the source of many conflicts. READ MORE