Essays about: "femininitet"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word femininitet.

  1. 1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Edling; [2024]
    Keywords : Art history; Medusa; Medusa tattoo; tattoos; TikTok; multimodality; écriture féminine; postfeminism; Konstvetenskap; Medusa; Medusatatuering; tatueringar; TikTok; multimodalitet; écriture féminine; postfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. READ MORE

  3. 2. The strong men and the good looking women : Quantitative content analysis of the visual representation of athletes in Swedish digital sports journalism

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Alicia Sandell; [2021]
    Keywords : Stereotypical gender roles; female athletes; sports journalism; #MeToo;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to examine if the quantity of female athletes is lesser than male athletes and if there are any gender differences in this visual representation of athletes in Swedish digital sports journalism. The thesis also aims to investigate if the visual representation of female athletes has changed over time in connection to the #MeToo movement. READ MORE

  4. 3. Porträtteringen av entreprenörer i lantbrukspress : en befästning och frigörelse av stereotypa mönster

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Josephine Andersson; Lovisa Ek; [2021]
    Keywords : entreprenör; genus; lantbrukare; mediebilder; stereotypa mönster;

    Abstract : Entreprenörer och lantbrukare är manligt kodade koncept med manliga konnotationer. När lantbrukare studeras som företagare finns det en risk att den maskulint kodade entreprenören i samklang med den maskulint kodade lantbrukaren blir dubbelt stereotypiserad. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mina, the "Angel", and Lucy, the "Monster" : two sides of femininity in Bram Stoker's Dracula

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Julia Bergstrand; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender roles; feminist criticism; Victorian femininity; angel in the house; monstrous femininity; virgin whore dichotomy; Bram Stoker; Dracula;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the characters Mina and Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, showing how they are juxtaposed in terms of femininity. By using feminist criticism and the concepts of the angel in the house, monstrous femininity, and the virgin/whore dichotomy, this paper explores how Mina represents the self-sacrificing, supportive, and wifely angel in the house, while Lucy represents the sexual, disobedient, and powerful monstrous female. READ MORE

  6. 5. May the Best Man Win : Non-stereotypical Masculinity in the Novel A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Rebecka Edvinsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Hanya Yanagihara; A Little Life; Masculinity; Hegemonic Masculinity; Stereotypes; Femininity; Hanya Yanagihara; Ett Litet Liv; Maskulinitet; Hegemonisk Maskulinitet; Stereotyper; Femininitet;

    Abstract : In this essay, Hanya Yanagihara’s main characters from the novel A Little Life (2015) are analyzed, with the basis of gender stereotypes and with the help of Raewyn Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity. It argues that the characters in question challenge the typical gender roles in the way that they are lacking in comparison to Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity and are portrayed with feminine attributes. READ MORE