Essays about: "Second wave feminism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Second wave feminism.

1. 1. Who is the Economista? : The Paradox of Feminism: Collectivism and Individualism Within an Online Group for Female Private Investors

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Nathalie Saller; [2021]
   Keywords : Fourth wave feminism; postfeminism; neoliberal feminism; social media; Facebook groups; separatism; women’s communities; economy; investing; consciousness raising; safe spaces online;

   Abstract : In the last few years, there has been an explosion of Facebook groups specifically directed at a female audience. One topic that seems to organize and interest Swedish women especially is money. READ MORE

3. 2. Mirror, Mirror : Embodying the sexed posthuman body of becoming in Sion Sono’s Antiporno (アンチポルノ, 2016) and Mika Ninagawa’s Helter Skelter (ヘルタースケルター, 2012)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2021]
   Keywords : internalized gaze of oppression; Sion Sono; Mika Ninagawa; Antiporno; Helter Skelter; Japanese cinema; film analysis; gender; plastic surgery; beauty standards; body commodification; self-objectification; Japan; becoming; cyborg feminism; the charmed circle; masculine domination; j-horror; pinku egia; ego guro nansensu; shojo manga; BDSM;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the embodiment of the sexed body and the struggle of fitting into the narrow frames of what a woman is supposed to behave and look like in Japanese cinema. Using the medium of film, I, therefore, seek to produce knowledge regarding the internalized gaze of the oppressor, and self-objectification, caused by the capitalist heteropatriarchy. READ MORE

4. 3. Problematic Men and Restricted Women: A Discourse Analysis on Swedish Feminism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Blixt; [2018]
   Keywords : social construction; social media; feminism; discourse theory; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Feminism is everywhere: in all sorts of media, in fashion, in entertainment, and in politics. By focusing on social media, this thesis examines how self-identified feminists construct feminism in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. "Humanity is Unnatural!" Feminisms and Science-Fiction Strategies in Joanna Russ’s The Female Man and The Adventures of Alyx

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Lauri Lahtinen; [2018]
   Keywords : Joanna Russ; Science fiction; Feminism; The Female Man; The Adventures of Alyx;

   Abstract : While acknowledging that Russ’s work is problematic in some regards, the aim of this thesis is to counter the criticism of Russ’s oeuvre as outdated and sometimes stuck in second-wave feminist positions, instead demonstrating how Russ’s use of sci-fi strategies such as cyborgism, possible-worlds theory, utopianism, and concretised metaphors in The Female Man and The Adventures of Alyx enables her to move beyond second-wave feminist positions and anticipate third-wave feminism in ways that are still relevant today. . READ MORE

6. 5. Representations of motherhood in Erdrich’s Love Medicine and Morisson’s Beloved

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Linnea Hallström; [2017]
   Keywords : Motherhood; Erdrich; Morrison; feminist theory;

   Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis of the African American author Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved and the Native American writer Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine. The focus of this essay will be the theme motherhood. READ MORE