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Showing 1 to 20 of 174 for “"Othering"”.
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Disaffection and Othering: Beyond Our Coordinates
<p>"Othering” is just one of many tools nations use during war time to garner support for the war effort. “Othering” in media often goes undetected, a subtle framing of one’s own viewpoint as <em>the</em> viewpoint and <em>the</em> gaze, often at the exclusion and alienation of others. This …
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Building a World of warcraft: cyber-colonialism through othering strategies
This thesis provides a rhetorical analysis of the popular video game World of Warcraft (WoW) and related material. The subscriber base of this game makes it a particularly prominent example of discourse with potentially great influence. Where previous studies have focused less on WoW's narrative in …
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The death of Celestina : "othering" in changing times.
La Celestina, as the definitive literary work of its period, portrays in microcosm the destructive forces at work within a Spanish society which was successful on the exterior but unraveling at its core as it transitioned from medieval to modern times. The definitive and pivotal moment within the …
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A novel: Bloodlines and exegesis: In the blood: mothering and othering
… and an exegesis titled In the Blood: Mothering and Othering. Bloodlines is a layered novel with shifting settings, times and voices. It centres around thirtyone- year-old Beth who is struggling with the guilt of calling off her wedding and the belief this decision caused her fiancé to …
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Islam ex situ: The 'Othering' of the Ottoman at and after the great exhibition, 1851-1901
… aspect of Anglo-Ottoman relations, that of the ‘othering’ of the Ottoman by the Anglo-Christian observer. I analyse how Ottoman objects were assembled, ordered, exhibited, and interpreted at the Great Exhibition. The Sublime Porte sent 3380 articles to be exhibited at the Crystal Palace. I …
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The Rhetoric of Blame: A Rhetorical Framing Analysis of Othering and Blame in Historical Health Crises
… expedience. However, the pervasiveness of othering and blame in contemporary pandemic discourse is perhaps consistent with the blame rhetoric of health crises throughout history. Using a rhetorical framing analysis approach, this study aims to explore the various elements of blame rhetoric …
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Everyday landscapes of immgrant integration in post-socialist Berlin: integration projects, othering and meanings of work.
This research examined everyday landscapes of belonging and responses of local population to recent immigrants in one of the new urban areas of immigrant settlement in Germany, namely neighborhoods of eastern Berlin, Marzahn. Once the largest socialist-era housing estate in the former East Germany, …
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Multiculturalism as Reported by the European Online Press: A Qualitative Study on the Manifestation of Othering Discourses
This study critically examined how issues of multiculturalism and Muslim immigration are discursively constructed within the English language European online press. Through the use of a frame analysis as well as a more focused discourse analysis, an examination was undertaken to uncover how “us” …
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Sampling India: examining cultural appropriation, intercultural exchange, and the Othering of Indian music in hip-hop and reggaeton
… However, the role of digital sampling in the Othering of Indian culture is relatively undertheorized. In order to provide a fresh perspective, this thesis examines the sonic Othering of Indian music in hip-hop and reggaeton, with a key focus on cultural appropriation discourse and Orientalism …
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Neither Here nor There: Exploring the Transnational Identity of West African Migrants living in South Africa
… on the topic of intersecting identities and othering experienced by transnational migrants. In South Africa, xenophobia has been a strong issue connected to migrants, whereby those from other African countries face discrimination based on their nationality, ethnicity, and economic …
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Extracted Entities and Their Images as Spectres
… and technocolonial analysis through the lens of Othering. Extracted Entity, which is a term I coined in 2019, refers to an entity that has been involuntarily removed from its place of origin and relocated elsewhere, either through force or chance. By tracing the trajectory of Extracted Entity’s …
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Voices of the War in Donbas: Exploring Identities in the Affected Communities Through the Prism of War Songs
… syntaxes into the prevalent ‘grammars’ of othering. I posit that two competing strategies or grammars are actively shaping identities of groups and individuals in the War in Donbas: circumstantialist othering, which distinguishes between friends and enemies on the basis of the specific …
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On Being an ESL Teacher in Saskatchewan: Exploring Professional Identity Using Metaphor Analysis
… knowledge is largely tacit and that cultural Othering (native-speakerism) in TESOL persists, this inquiry demonstrates how metaphor analysis can contribute to the reflective practices and professional development of teachers. Key words: metaphor, narrative, identity, TESOL, Othering
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From Development Aid to Development Partnerships – the End of Coloniality? Critical discourse analysis of DFID's development partnership with South Africa
… discourses have been criticised for perpetuating othering and coloniality. The discourses have been argued to produce and reproduce conceptual creations of a distinguishable 'us' and 'them' through binaries of 'developed' and 'underdeveloped', and they have been stated to uphold lingering colonial …
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Gay in Game: A Rhetorical Analysis of Gay Identity Through Varus and Sett/Aphelios in League of Legends
… Burke’s terministic screen, and Gayatri Spivak’s othering. My inquiry illuminates that Riot Games’ attempts at gay representation in League of Legends repeat harmful worldviews about gay people; concurrently, Riot Games’ approach to gay representation with Varus and Settphelios cause the othering …
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Dispensationalism, Islamophobia, and the Mass Media in America
… populace. Islamophobia is best understood as an othering discourse which creates a stark "us/them" dichotomy in which Muslims represent "them." Othering is also a major component of Christian dispensationalism since it too produces an extreme dualistic worldview. Dispensationalists typically read …
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Constructing the "Other": Discursive Mechanisms at Play in the Sentencing of Post 9/11 Canadian Terrorism Cases
… 11th, 2001, exclusionary narratives or “othering” have proliferated in the securitized West. Prominently associated with media campaigns, popular culture, or political debates, exclusionary discourses operating within the Canadian judiciary have been largely overlooked. Inspired by the …
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Finnish media discourses on Calais, France 2016
… divided in three main discourses, which are the othering discourse, securitization and border discourse as well as the humanitarian discourse. Additionally general representations of migrants and refugees are discussed. The results show similarities to previous studies emphasizing othering …
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The Paradox of Transnational (Neo)Nationalism: Neo-nationalist Entanglements with Capital-"isms" in Modern Poland
… homophobic slogans. However, the dangerously “othering” nationalist ideologies expressed in Poland during this demonstration are far from unique. Over the past 20-30 years, eerily similar nationalist movements have simultaneously emerged across Eastern Europe and the West. Paradoxically, the …
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