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Jang, Yuri (2016)

Heroes Who Once Were Refugees: In search of poststructuralist redemption

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

This study is to find the stories of heroes who once were ordinary people that encourage us to dare to keep challenging. Listening to the individual voices of refugees, the paper attempts to shift the often negative images of them. In doing so, this study aims to remind readers of the importance of poststructuralism to bring more positivity to the seemingly unchangeable images of refugees. The study employs the theoretical guidance of Michel Foucault as a heuristic tool to analyse the media discourse from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and aims to contribute the poststructuralist works for the field of refugee studies.

Refugee

Poststructuralism

UNHCR

Discourse Analysis

Europe

Integration

Refugee image

Identity

Author

Jang, Yuri

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Glynn, I.A.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en