Essays about: "the american imperialism"

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  1. 1. An Idea of Land : Hydroelectric Dams lying in the middle of the Sámi of Sweden and Three Affiliated Tribes in the United States.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Corey Klinge; [2024]
    Keywords : Sámi; Indigenous; Sábme; Native American; Three Affiliated Tribes; Imperialism; Hydroelectric Dams;

    Abstract : In this study a comparative approach between both the Sámi of northern Sweden and the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota in relation to the constructions of the Letsi Reservoir and Garrison Dams will be given. The comparison will help create an understanding of what kinds of impacts they had to a number of factors. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Good, The Bad, and the Women

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Isabelle Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : News media; Women s agency; Imperialism; Syria; Critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This study focus on Western constructions of two categories of women – the female Kurdish fighters of the YPJ and the Western Muhaajirat – actively engaging in the Syrian conflict at the time of writing. Using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis in combination with postcolonial feminist theory, I have scrutinized 12 news pieces selected from Swedish, British and North American influential news media houses, in order to provide a deeper understanding of the discourses underpinning these constructions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Finding Dystopia in Utopia : Gender, Power and Politics in The Carhullan Army

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Johan Kisro; [2014]
    Keywords : Sarah Hall; The Carhullan Army; feminist dystopia; utopia dystopia; power knowledge; Michel Foucault;

    Abstract : Sarah Hall’s feminist dystopia The Carhullan Army presents a near-future society by using oppositional binaries traditional to the genre of the literary dystopia; Utopia/Dystopia, Male/Female, and Good/Evil. This essay deconstructs these binaries in order to unveil the inherent complexities in power structures that cannot be captured by such binaries. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Colonizer and the Colonized in Kazuo Ishiguro's Novels, An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Monique Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : Kazuo Ishiguro; An Artist of the Floating World; The Remains of the Day; Masuji Ono; Mr. Stevens; Literary Text Analysis; Postcolonialism;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the colonized self in Kazuo Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day, by analyzing the novels from a postcolonial perspective. Furthermore, it discusses how and why Masuji Ono and Mr. Stevens are affected by Japanese imperialism and British colonialism. READ MORE

  6. 5. “We’re not living in America, but we’re not sorry!” : A study of television consumption and relative deprivation among Kenyan students in an urban and a rural area

    University essay from Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT

    Author : Lisa Skogström; Madeleine Magnusson; [2010]
    Keywords : Cultivation theory; cultural imperialism; relative deprivation; Kenya; television consumption; heavy viewers; light viewers; MFS;

    Abstract : The United States of America is one of the most powerful countries in the world and their broadcasting system has become a role model to the rest of the world. Since the US charge less for their media products in third world countries, it is cheaper even for poor countries to import American content than to purchase local products. READ MORE