Essays about: "femininity and masculinity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 132 essays containing the words femininity and masculinity.

1. 1. Intercultural (mis)communication in Swedish Workplaces from the Perspective of Brazilian Employees

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ana Paula Viera de Carvalho; [2023-08-10]
   Keywords : Intercultural Communication; Politeness Strategies; Brazilian Employees; Swedish Workplaces; Power Distance; Masculinity Femininity.;

   Abstract : This study explores politeness and linguistic strategies in intercultural workplace communication in Sweden from the perspective of Brazilian white-collar employees. Employing Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness framework and Hofstede's (2001; 2011) dimensions of Power Distance and Masculinity/Femininity. READ MORE

3. 2. The Myth of the Viking: An online ethnography of a collective narrative amongst Scandinavian white supremacist men

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Celina Lindh; [2023]
   Keywords : Cultural Trauma; Narrative Criminology; Collective Narrative; Masculinity; Femininity; Victimhood; Collective Identity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the construction of collectiveness amongst Scandinavian white supremacist men. The research questions for the study set out to answer how their collective narrative is constructed, and how they use narrative to communicate their social problems in contemporary society. READ MORE

4. 3. Hegemonic Masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Novel Normal People: Subverting and Reinforcing Norms

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hailey Ngo; [2023]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Masculinity; Social Power; Gender Studies; Femininity;

   Abstract : This essay explores how different traits of hegemonic masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Normal People are presented through the male characters using gender studies as the theoretical approach and whether they reinforce or subvert norms of hegemonic masculinity through their interactions with each other and Marianne. This essay claims that the novel presents both reinforcements and subversions of masculinity through the male characters introduced in the novel. READ MORE

5. 4. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Christian Gregory; [2023]
   Keywords : Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; SCID; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Midnight Sun; Love Story; John Green;

   Abstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE

6. 5. Changing Perspectives : Representation and the gaze in Bilge Olgac's films from 1960s to 1980s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Melisa Yapici; [2023]
   Keywords : Feminist Film Theory; Laura Mulvey; Male Gaze; Female director; Turkish Cinema; Bilge Olgac; Femininity; Masculinity;

   Abstract : Bilge Olgac, one of the first female directors of Turkey, who shot her first film in 1965, shaped her films according to the developments in Turkey. This thesis investigates how Olgac was affected by the events that took place in Turkey from the 1960s to the 1980s and how she reflected this impact on the representations of men and women in her films. READ MORE