Essays about: "gender identity formation"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the words gender identity formation.

  1. 21. FTM Trans Theory VS. Trans Narratives : Working Towards an Updated Trans Theory

    University essay from Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Emily Nelson; [2011]
    Keywords : Female-to-Male FTM ; Halberstam; Gender Identity Disorder; Hysterectomy; Male-to-Female MTF ; Mastectomy; Metoidioplasty; Phalloplasty; Sexual Reassignment Surgery SRS ; Transgender; Transsexual;

    Abstract : Theories are tools with which we critically analyze society‟s structure and understand experiences that are not our own. When theories no longer describe the narratives that they claim, we must update them. This thesis proposes to do just that. The trans theories of J. READ MORE

  3. 22. Breaking the Bell Jar?  Femininity in Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Jonna Vikman; [2010]
    Keywords : femininity; gender; identity formation; patriarchy; Virginia Woolf; Sylvia Plath;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on female identity formation in patriarchal society in Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Both authors portray female characters who struggle with the normative gender identity. READ MORE

  4. 23. Gender and Biculturalism: Ethnic Identity and Choice of Marital Partner among Second Generation Bangladeshi Women in the USA and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Najmun Nahar; [2008]
    Keywords : Biculturalism; Ethnic identity; marital partner; Second generation immigrant; Gender; Bangladesh; Sweden; USA; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore and learn how the Second Generation Women of Bangladeshi Origin relate themselves to the culture of their host society and the traditions of their parental country of origin. Predominantly, how they look for their choice of a future life partner. READ MORE