Identities and Cultures of Europe
Recent Submissions
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Gendered and Racialised Ambiguity: An Exploration of Métisses Women’s Complex Identities and Representations in French-African contexts
(2022)The term métis a French word referring to a person of mixed ancestry - which, for the purposes of this research, will designate a person specifically of ‘black’ and ‘white’ parentage - despite its absence of biological ... -
"They wear green, so I support them": An exploration of identification with the Ireland rugby union team among British and Northern Irish identifying fans in Northern Ireland
This dissertation examines identification with the Ireland national rugby union team exhibited by residents of Northern Ireland who do not identify predominantly as Irish, but rather as Northern Irish or British. It does ... -
Consenting in the Grey Area: Towards an Ontology of Sexual Consent
The so-termed ‘grey area’ of sexual consent has perplexed culture and critics alike since its initial coinage by journalist Laura Stepp in a 2007 Cosmopolitan article as ‘sex that falls somewhere between consent and denial’. ... -
An Exploration of Chinese International Students's Perceptions of How Their Identities Change Under the Impact of Covid-19
After the outbreak of Covid-19, there is evidence to suggest that there had been an increase in discrimination against Chinese international students globally. During the pandemic, students were required to follow control ... -
Science Fiction and the Sun: The Question of Anthropocentrism in Wells, Tarkovsky and Ishiguro
This dissertation broadly considers the place of humankind in nature. However, given the overwhelming scope of this topic, I have narrowed my focus down to an analysis of anthropocentrism: the assumption of human superiority ... -
An Argument for Regenerative Shaming Through Its use in Holocaust and American Lynching Memorials
There is a global memorial culture around the memorialization of victims of mass tragedies, but these people are dead, so then what is the goal of these radically expensive monuments? This research explores the means by ... -
On the Threshold of Jewish Identity: Tracing Postmodern Notions of Liminality and Gendered Memory in the Memoirs of Elie Wiesel and Ruth Klüger
This dissertation explores the postmodern notions of liminality and gendered memory in the memoirs Night (Elie Wiesel) and Still Alive (Ruth Klüger), and how they influence the construction of individual (and collective) ... -
Notti Magiche? Can football narratives shape the idea of a uniform Italian nation and identity? A thematic investigation.
This thesis argues that football and sport can constitute a national identity, and Italian identity in particular. With an overview of scholarship on Italian football history, nation building, sports sociology and Italian ... -
Halls of Lost (and Found) Causes: Retracing Jewish exile, trauma and memory in W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz (2001) and The Emigrants (1996)
This dissertation approaches W. G. Sebald's prose works, specifically the narratives The Emigrants (1996) and Austerlitz (2001), through an analysis focusing on Sebald's representation of Jewish exile identity in a post-war ... -
Creative Testimony and Post-War Dissociation: Witnessing the Shifting Body of Trauma in Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas and the Writings of Kay Sage
Creative Testimony and Post-War Dissociation: Witnessing the Shifting Body of Trauma in Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas and the Writings of Kay Sage – Echo Meredith Callaghan The impact of the trauma ...