Essays about: "gender identity formation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words gender identity formation.

1. 11. I'm Not One of Them but I'm Not One of You : An Analysis of The Effects of Patriarchy and Hybridity in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Donjeta Osmani; [2019]
   Keywords : Nervous Conditions; Tambudzai; Nyasha; Cultural Hybridity; Patriarchy; Feminism;

   Abstract : This essay examines how the factors that inspire Tambudzai and Nyasha to counter the patriarchy are portrayed and how these factors contribute to the formation of hybrid identities among the younger generation of women in Nervous Conditions (1988) by Tsitsi Dangarembga. Both characters are faced with different predicaments which makes it necessary to divide the factors in regard to each character. READ MORE

3. 12. 'He Spat in my Face and Said I Should Die': Queer Youth and the Process of Identity Formation in Total Institutions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Joel Kunto; [2019]
   Keywords : Young people; queer youth; total institution; identity; gender studies; queer studies; social work; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is about queer youth in total institutions, and the meaning those institutions might have on the identity formation process. The thesis itself consists of two smaller sub-studies, a literature review of some of the existing research on queer youth in total institutions, and a discourse analysis of the identity aspect using texts written by queer youth who has spent time in a total institution. READ MORE

4. 13. Gäris and ickebinäris: Exploring a Swedish Gender-Separatist Group on Facebook

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Sofia Hedberg; [2018]
   Keywords : gender separatism; Facebook; social media; feminism; safe space; mundane citizenship;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the experience of participating in a ‘hidden’ gender separatist forum for women and nonbinary persons on Facebook. It does so through a case study of a group called Växtgäris, which constitutes one link in a chain of gender separatist forums established on Swedish Facebook in recent years, whose names all end with -gäris. READ MORE

5. 14. Knowledge and Its Impact on Identities of Ukrainian Trans*(gender/sexual) People

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Olena Romaniuk; [2017]
   Keywords : Transgender; Transsexual; Identity; Knowledge; Social Discourse; Ukraine; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Trans*(sex/gender) is an increasingly common phenomenon of the contemporary world. Psychology, Feminist, Queer and Transgender studies have suggested various interpretations of trans* experiences. READ MORE

6. 15. Homophily and Friendship Dynamics : An analysis of friendship formation with respect to homophily principle and distinctiveness theory

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Sepehr Saeidibonab; [2017]
   Keywords : Homophily; Social network; Network structure; Distinctiveness theory;

   Abstract : People always find themselves interacting with others and forming ties with them; these ties shape an individual’s social network which helps form the self-conception and identity of a person. In discussing the essence of social networks and how they are formed the concept of homophily is of high significance. READ MORE