Essays about: "gay language"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words gay language.
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1. "Be fit, my age, big c**k": Engagements with Hegemonic Masculinity, Hetero(homo)normativity and Discrimination among Queer Male Dating App Users in Malmö and Copenhagen - A Thematic and Summative Content Analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This exploratory research addresses a significant gap in feminist, cultural, and digital geographies by examining the geographic variations of how hegemonic masculinity, hetero(homo)normativity and discrimination is exhibited by MSM dating apps users in two distinct city contexts. Drawing from a post-structuralist humanistic perspective, the study explores how dominant ideologies shape exclusionary online queer spaces made unique by digital placemaking. READ MORE
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2. QUEER JAPANESE. The modern-day language usage of Japanese LGBTQ+ people
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Gendered language is a well-known feature of Japanese, but how is it applied by a speaker who does not fit the cisgender or heteronormative standards in society? In a 2010 study, Hideko Abe published a book titled Queer Japanese, which addressed this exact question. Although incredibly thorough and informative, the book is now over a decade old, and the findings may no longer be accurate. READ MORE
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3. When Camp becomes a Method : a conceptualization of conversational performatives and curatorial agencies within ‘the camp-eye’
University essay from Stockholms universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : The aim of following thesis is to demonstrate the potentials of reassessing camp into a question of method. While others have argued for the definition of camp to lie in: an aesthetic; a question of taste; the extravagant theatrical; the male gay sensibility; or as an expression of parody, this thesis suggests that camp is to be found in the performative act of readings. READ MORE
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4. "You don't always like your sisters, but you always love them" : Trans feminine accounts of misogyny, sisterhood and difference in New York City
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : This thesis examines six trans feminine informants in New York City's experiences of oppression, trans-misogyny, femi-negativity, racism, and classism, as well as their experiences of community support, conflicts and resistance practices through the lens of the term sisterhood and the practice of sisterhooding. Focus has also been placed on the informant's views on allyship and coalition, and their relationship to other communities, such as the trans masculine community. READ MORE
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5. Queer as Folk - Representation of Gay Language in Popular Culture
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This study investigates how gay vocabulary and code-switching is portrayed in the North American television series Queer as Folk. The search for gay vocabulary was conducted through viewing the entire series searching for words and expressions documented in previous research. READ MORE
