Essays about: "domesticity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word domesticity.

1. 1. Women in Kyrgyz Music Videos : A Social Semiotic Analysis of Women’s Representation in Kyrgyz Visual Media

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Charlotte Geib; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Music Video; Gender; Cultural Representation; Social Semiotics; Violence against Women;

   Abstract : This master thesis study examines Kyrgyz-language music videos to explore the visual representation of women, including women experiencing gender-based violence. It addresses a gap in the literature regarding women in Kyrgyz music videos and argues that media communicates context-specific meaning about gendered cultural realities. READ MORE

3. 2. We are domesticated : The Swedish standard standardizes its users

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Frida Block; [2023]
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   Abstract : 1954 in Sweden, an average was set. Research carried through by Hemmens forskningsinstitut and Byggstandardiseringen explained the Swedish inhibitors demands and wishes they had on their accommodation. God Bostad was the written attempt to describe this newly announced “Good Dwelling”. READ MORE

4. 3. Marriage and Motherhood in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar : An Analysis of Gender Expectations and Poetic Language

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Ebba Carlstein; [2023]
   Keywords : literature; Sylvia Plath; The Bell Jar; marriage; motherhood; gender; expectations; roles; figurative language; poetic language; domesticity; women; 1950s; America;

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5. 4. Sorry to Burst Your Bubble : An analysis on how content by @thegirlslikeme organize resistance against anti-feminist narratives through humor and wellness fuelling participation in Nigerian feminist discourse on Instagram

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Joan Ilebode; [2022]
   Keywords : feminism; memes; Instagram; humor; wellness; oppression; Nigeria; social media;

   Abstract : In this study, I look at the content and interpretation of posts by a feminist meme account on Instagram called @thegirlslikeme, from the perspective of a sample size of Nigerian female followers through a focus group discussion, along with a visual social semiotic analysis of the posts. This study set out to answer three research questions:  i) How do the posts on TGLM use humor and wellness to portray feminism?  ii) How is the content on TGLM challenging antifeminist narratives in a Nigerian context? And finally,  iii) How do the Nigerian followers relate to the brand of feminism represented on TGLM? The theoretical approaches theories employed to help think through the data gathered in form of thematic blocks from the interview, and the textual and visual content are participatory culture, work of representation, and filter bubbles and echo chambers. READ MORE

6. 5. Seeing Double : Rhythm, Domesticity, and the Uncanny in Shirley Jackson’s "The Renegade"

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Emma Wramsby; [2022]
   Keywords : Shirley Jackson; Jackson; The Renegade; short story; Lottery and Other Stories; postwar; uncanny; rhythm; rhythms; forms; Levine; domesticity; domestic; Friedan; feminine mystique;

   Abstract : By using the concept of forms in this analysis of “The Renegade,” postwar domestic life is analyzed for the uncanny. By locating repetitions in domestic life, between characters, and in speech, situations are identified where the uncanny moves into the domestic. As a result, the perception of reality of the protagonist, Mrs. READ MORE