Essays about: "White Wolf"

Found 4 essays containing the words White Wolf.

  1. 1. Sexy 16-Year-Old Baby-Eater: Gendered, Sexualized, and Racialized Discourses in Exalted, Second Edition

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Niels-Martin Ström Josefsen; [2021-11-26]
    Keywords : Roleplaying games; Exalted; feminist post-structural discourse analysis; representation; geek culture; race; gender; sexuality; Dungeons Dragons; discourses; White Wolf; misogyny; fantasy; genre subversion; social constructivism; media tropes; monstrous women; monstrous motherhood; infantilization; trans representation; sexualization; animalization;

    Abstract : Previous research finds roleplaying games, as well as the wider spectrum of geek culture that they exist within, to be defined by discourses favoring a white, heterosexual, cis-male viewpoint, drawing up and reproducing stereotypes and tropes that are inherently misogynist, homophobic, and racist. Heretofore, research into discourses of gender, sexuality, and race in roleplaying games has focused overwhelmingly on market leader Dungeons & Dragons (1971- ongoing), largely neglecting to scrutinize other well-established titles that may adhere to or break from the same tendencies. READ MORE

  3. 2. (S)examensarbete

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Cecilia Pfaff; [2016]
    Keywords : art; textile art; knitting; crochet; sex; sexy; sexiness; Instagram; selfie; performance; sun chair; craftivism; Dolly Parton; body; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy; konst; textilkonst; stickning; virkning; sex; sexig; sexighet; Instagram; selfie; performance; solstol; craftivism; Dolly Parton; kropp; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy;

    Abstract : Preface: Thank you to all the women in my life who have supported me through this process; to my mother, to my other mother (Susan), to Kara, to Jordan and, of course, to Dolly. Summary: (S)examensarbete is a journey through which I have questioned if knitting can be sexy. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Army of God : An examination of religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionspsykologi

    Author : Sacharias Wirén; [2016]
    Keywords : Religiously motivated violence; social identity; sacred values; meaning-system; anti-abortion; religious fundamentalism; selective moral disengagement; staircase to terrorism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine psychological processes that can contribute to religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective in relation to the collective meaning-system of the Christian militant anti-abortion movement the Army of God. The study applied a single-case design and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 3 prominent figures within Army of God, as well as through 43 qualitative documents and 4 autobiographical books. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Animal Within : A Psychoanalytical Perspective on Shape-Shifting

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Linus Emmer Granqvist; [2011]
    Keywords : Animal; within; shapeshifting; shape-shifting; freud; sigmund; harry; potter; dracula; hartz; wolf; werewolf; psychosis; superhuman; subhuman;

    Abstract : As seen from cultural history, shape-shifting is a very widespread literary motif, which suggests that it has high inspirational power and general appeal. Shape-shifting has not been critically examined in the detail it merits: it is mostly examined as a part of other theories. READ MORE