Politics and post-structuralism: an introduction
Post-structuralism is recognised as a major force within literary and cultural studies. This text applies the theory to politics and to show the ways in which it can illuminate political theory and analysis.
Post-structuralism is recognised as a major force within literary and cultural studies. This text applies the theory to politics and to show the ways in which it can illuminate political theory and analysis.
"What do we mean when we talk of an 'assemblage' in contemporary theory? Any and every thing, or more precisely, any and every kind of collection of things, could now be called an assemblage. The constant and seemingly limitless expansion of the term's range of applications begs…
"What do we mean when we talk of an 'assemblage' in contemporary theory? Any and every thing, or more precisely, any and every kind of collection of things, could now be called an assemblage. The constant and seemingly limitless expansion of the term's range of applications begs…
Recent changes in approaches to second language learning have meant that learning is increasingly seen as a social, rather than an individual activity, which involves negotiating membership of a new language community as well as technical mastery of the language. At the same tim…
The following thesis is a study of Aras Ören's 1995 novel Berlin Savignyplatz. This novel moves away from the New Left's discourse on guest workers as helpless victims and toward a view that refuses to essentialize identities. The text does this by using instances of mass media …
This dissertation explores the nature of narratives that construct the crime of rape. My controlling question is: If we create meaning in language as I believe we do, why have recent revisions in the linguistic constructions of the crime, such as reforms in rape laws and in inte…
This dissertation combines a theoretical study of the literary field with an empirical study of the (West) German literary and collective memory. In this dissertation, the literary field is understood as a discourse that is framed by a changing memory about a difficult past and …
This qualitative research study focused on universities as organizational cultures that ideally accommodate diverse identities. Specifically, this analysis explored the role of organizational communication in shaping the experience and expressions of identity among: (1) internat…
In this study I challenge the uncritical use of the long held dictum of the development discourse that education empowers women. From a post-structuralist feminist position I show that in its current state the educational discourse in Pakistan actually disempowers women. This di…