Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Political narratives"”.
-
Weaponised Misogyny: News Media Representation of the Northern Ireland Conflict (1960-1986)
… to reinforce sectarian divides, advance political agendas, and influence public opinion. By analysing media depictions of women who gained public attention through peace activism, paramilitarism, imprisonment, and feminism, this work argues that the media both reflected and reinforced …
-
Fear and Loathing in White, Working Class America: How Political Appeals to Individualism, Implicit Racism, and Religion have Polarized our Two-Party System
At the core of modern political division is a deep resentment for the culture of the opposing side. Political narratives deployed by politicians and media outlets emphasize polarized values that pit progressive leaning and right-wing Americans against each other, contribute to misinformation, and …
-
THE BOLSONARO EFFECT: STATE VIOLENCE ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN BRAZIL
… as my case studies to analyze Bolsonaro’s political narratives and executive decisions against Indigenous people. By the end of his term in office, Bolsonaro was accused of human rights violations.
-
The politics of biopics: Analyzing propaganda films in Bangladesh's political context
… the use of state-funded cinema as a vehicle for political propaganda in contemporary Bangladesh by analyzing two government-funded films: Hasina: A Daughter's Tale (2018) and Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023). The former is a docudrama centered on the personal and political life of …
-
On Virtual Becoming and Belonging: Visualizing the Performativity of Sudanese Cultural Identity and Resistance
A contested history with turbulent political narratives has played a leading role in the formation of Sudanese identity. It is situated firmly in a romanticized past as it is in a troubled present. For the diaspora, social media platforms function as spaces for the continuous formation and …
-
Government Communication and Terrorist Organizations: Towards a Concept of “Crisis Communication” in reaction to 21st Century Islamic Terrorist Attacks for Western Governments
… were influenced by and did influence the socio-political narratives in the UK, France and Germany. This is important as political reactions to terrorist attacks often lead to longer lasting changes than the actual attacks themselves. Political statements are usually the first publicly noticeable …
-
‘What’s the news? Nothing but bonfires’: the Eleventh Night bonfire: tradition and change
… Twelfth’ and these events demonstrate the socio-political identity of the Protestant ‘imagined community.’ It explores the historical and contemporary context of the event as it unfolds within Loyalist working-class estates. The thesis draws together concepts of ritual, symbol, invented tradition …
-
The Oriental Orthodox Communion in Modern Egypt: The Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syriac Orthodox Churches, 1805 CE- Present
… vitality of these churches amidst changing socio-political landscapes, delving into the delicate interplay between these churches and the political structures in modern Egypt. From Muhammad Ali Pasha’s rule, father of modern Egypt, which inaugurates the examination, to the challenges presented by …
-
'Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction': Black Women in American Literature of the *South
… ""whiteness"" as it solidifies in literary and political narratives. The scope of my dissertation examines the relationship between Southern literature and the South's social history. Specifically, I look at that relationship by focusing on black women, fictional and historical, arguing that …
-
ILIZWE LIFILE
… cultural history kwaXhosa within South African political history that intersect with my own lived experience. Through drawings, tableau, sculptures and video, I explore how cultural, social and political narratives within the South African post-apartheid landscape are negotiated. In this …
-
Dealing with Carbon: Environmental Policy, Organizations, and Technological Responses to Climate Change
… but through alignment with dominant political narratives about technological innovation. Carbon capture exemplifies how technologies that preserve existing infrastructures receive disproportionate support regardless of outcomes. Together, these papers contribute to an understanding of …
-
Prison Space, Social Control and Relationships in a Post-Soviet Women’s Prison
… project meant not only transforming the socio-political economy, but has also led to the re-emergence of non-Soviet cultural traditions. The new political narratives tend to embrace a nationalistic and masculinized approach. Some sections of society have become increasingly excluded from …
-
Another Emerging: Locating the Islamo-Orientalised Female Other Navigating Anotherness in Contemporary Western Visual Culture
… these women able to escape the historical and political narratives that surround them. My artistic practice is no exception to this – it is assumed, received, perceived and measured within a contemporary Western visual context. This thesis investigates the historical and political contexts of …
-
Analysing the emerging trends and patterns of political competition in Namibia’s democratic landscape: Political party systems and political elitism perspectives, 1990-2024
Critically analysing the emerging trajectories of political party systems and the concomitant political elitism that has ensued in Namibia constitutes the objective of this study. In essence, the study analyses the evolving trends and patterns of political rivalry within Namibia's democratic …
-
The Politics of the Image: Ireland, Landscape and Nineteenth-‐Century Photography
… became more deeply enmeshed in mediatised political narratives during the late-‐ nineteenth century. The final section, ‘Imaging and Imagining Eviction’, critically examines Maud Gonne’s 1897 appropriation of eviction images for a political street protest during Queen Victoria’s Diamond …
-
“According to social media…” Examining the influence of social media on political reporting within Zimbabwe’s mainstream media
… of online alternative media that carries political content, that democratisation can be technology-led. Given that the question of source selection is connected to the democratising potential of the Internet (Lecheler and Kruikemeier, 2016) by some scholars – this study interrogated the …
-
Power and Property Relations in Rus and Latin Europe: A Comparative Analysis
… a comparative analysis of forms of social and political organization in eleventh- and twelfth-century Rus, Norman England, and Aquitaine as they are represented in accounts of conflicts, disputes, peace-making, and interpersonal agreements found in Rusian, English, and Aquitanian political …
-
Memory As First Breath: Critiquing and Disrupting the Lingering Politics of Memory of the Francoist Regime Through an Artistic Practice Involving a Personal Archive of Photographs
… discourses and affects of previous mnemonic narratives, especially those regarding territorial politics and the production of subjectivity under the regime. An analysis of the exclusion of personal accounts from political and historical research informs a critique of these politics. Examining …
-
Populism and the Democracy of Producers in the United States, 1877-1925
… purely organisational, cultural, religious, or political narratives. This thesis aims for a linking of history and political theory by offering a comprehensive intellectual history of American Populism. At the heart of this thesis project is the populist reinvention of republican democracy. …
-
The Affective Politics of Democratic Erosion: Explaining Mass Support for Executive Aggrandizement
… framework, I offer the concept "affective political ties" as an umbrella term, including partisan identities, partisan emotions, and affective polarization. Building on this framework developed in the Introduction, I explore the conditions under which the strength of affective political …
Page 1 of 2