Essays about: "Gender Trouble"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Gender Trouble.

  1. 1. Professional aging? A critical exploration of the doings of age employed by contemporary Swedish professionals

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Elin Hunger; Anni-Maria Loukasmäki; [2019]
    Keywords : Age; Chrononormativity; Critical discourse analysis; Gender; Subject position;

    Abstract : This thesis departs from a problematization of how and why certain age categories implicitly are associated with 'trouble' and aims to contribute to the current body of research on ages and aging in professional and working life. This is done through the adoption of a critical epistemology and a moderately constructionist ontology that allow for questioning and unpacking of taken-for-granted assumptions on age. READ MORE

  3. 2. Youth Feminist Activism in China: An Ethnographic Analysis of an Innovative Action-oriented Feminism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Danyang Wu; [2015]
    Keywords : Youth Feminist Activism; Chinese Feminist Movement; Radicalism; Action-oriented Feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the spring of 2015, five young feminist activists were arrested by the Chinese police for allegedly ‘causing trouble’, which resulted in global attention aimed at this new wave of feminist movement. Youth feminist activism have made their voice heard in China through numerous actions for gender equality since 2012. READ MORE

  4. 3. Performing Jewellery : Jewellery, decoration, gender and performance

    University essay from Konstfack/Ädellab/Metallformgivning

    Author : Carolina Gimeno; [2014]
    Keywords : jewellery; gender; performativity; decoration; femininity; intimacy; public; attraction; bewilderment; bodily; body; woman; wearability; decorating;

    Abstract : This essay is about the act of wearing contemporary jewellery has as a way of communication between human beings. I investigate the act of decorating the body as an important and basic human need. READ MORE

  5. 4. Local Brand versus Global Brand: A Case Study of the Cola Soft Drink Industry in Thailand

    University essay from Handelshögskolan

    Author : Usamas Tantiwongwat; [2013]
    Keywords : Key words: Cola brand preference; cola brand substitution; cola market in Thailand; local versus global brands;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the cola market situation in Thailand and the possibility of a local brand to compete with global brands. Due to the high value of this market, every cola company wants to get the biggest piece of the market share pie. READ MORE

  6. 5. MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS: GENDER TROUBLE AT WORK? - A popular culture study of gender in management consulting -

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Johanna Van Andel; Laura El-Khatib; [2012]
    Keywords : management consulting; popular culture; gender performativity; masculinities; femininity; queer; television; parody; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to add to the conceptual understanding of gender in management consulting, as portrayed through the lens of popular culture. It is further aimed to highlight the reciprocal relationship between popular culture research and the study of organization/ management consulting studies. READ MORE