Essays about: "subhuman"
Found 4 essays containing the word subhuman.
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1. The bare life in the al-Hol camp in Syria: The case of the Swedish children
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper aims to understand the constitution of the al-Hol camp in Syria, where thousands of women and children from 57 different countries are detained in subhuman conditions. I did that by studying the case of the Swedish children, motivated by the contradiction that those children did not get help even though they belong to one of the most liberal welfare states in the world. READ MORE
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2. How Indigenous Child-Removal Practices in PostWar North America Helped Lay a Foundation for Contemporary Migrant Family Separation Policies in the United States of America
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/HistoriaAbstract : The United States of America was founded on imperialist ideals that favoured European protestant values and blood. Meanwhile the Native peoples of the lands on which the very country was founded were treated as a “problem”. In times of conflict children are often the most vulnerable group, suffering great trauma and distress. READ MORE
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3. The Animal Within : A Psychoanalytical Perspective on Shape-Shifting
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : As seen from cultural history, shape-shifting is a very widespread literary motif, which suggests that it has high inspirational power and general appeal. Shape-shifting has not been critically examined in the detail it merits: it is mostly examined as a part of other theories. READ MORE
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4. The Reconstruction of Enemies in Post-reform China - a deconstruction of the Japanese enemy image
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In April 2005 the Japanese authorities approved eight new history textbooks for secondary school which are accused of trivialising Japanese war crimes. Within hours, the Chinese mass media were teeming with anti-Japanese sentiments and Japanese property worth millions of dollars was vandalised by angry protesters during the weeks to follow ? the question I seek to answer is how the contemporary Japanese enemy image is constructed and maintained in Chinese media? Using a Laclau and Mouffe inspired discourse analysis strategy to analyse the Japanese enemy image as it was represented in the Chinese media in April 2005, I have identified several discourses, which by way of demonising Japan and victimising China in concert constitute and maintain the Japanese enemy image. READ MORE
