Essays about: "heteronormativity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 80 essays containing the word heteronormativity.

  1. 16. Language, Gender, and Sexuality in EFL Textbooks : The Case of Greek Public Secondary Schools

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Maria Koutsoupaki; [2022]
    Keywords : language and gender; sexuality; non-binary; LGBTQ ; heteronormativity; queer theory; patriarchy; EFL; Greek public school; textbooks; interviews;

    Abstract : The past few decades have been marked by increasing awareness of issues pertaining to gender and sexuality, since both concepts have started being treated as continuums or spectrums, rather than as binaries. Therefore, the fields of gender and queer linguistics have been growing in significance, in an effort to identify underlying ideologies and biases in language, and to challenge them. READ MORE

  3. 17. Rainbow-Washing on Screen: Perceptions of 21st Century Popular Media Representations of Queer Identities in a Comparison between Sweden and Czechia

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

    Author : Elizabeth Hythova; [2022]
    Keywords : queer representation; stereotypes in popular media; social constructionism; heteronormativity; othering of minorities; queer theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how queer people perceive queer representations in popular media (film and TV) produced in recent years and how such representations affect queer people’s identity and self-perception, as well as how they mirror and reproduce heteronormative understandings of queerness. A cultural comparison between Czechia and Sweden in perceptions of heteronormativity and queer representations and media is also made. READ MORE

  4. 18. What is there to correct? : LGBTQI People’s Understanding of Sexual and Gender-based Violence in South Africa – A qualitative Study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Odell; Julia Udd; [2022]
    Keywords : LGBTQI; Violence; Gender; Rape; Heteronormativity; Sexuality; Norms; Inequality; Stigmatization; Corrective rape; Homophobia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a Minor Field Study carried out in Cape Town, South Africa, during March - May 2022. South Africa is suffering a high level of sexual and gender-based violence. LBGTQI people are extra vulnerable when it comes to sexual and gender-based violence, especially when it comes to corrective rapes. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Inclusivity and Representation of Cultural and Sexual Diversity in Swedish ELT Textbooks

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Author : Isabel Spiik; Jonas Rönni; [2022]
    Keywords : : inclusivity; representation; ELT; textbooks; cultural diversity; sexual diversity; Swedish upper secondary school;

    Abstract : With the rising societal awareness of inclusivity and accurate representation in films and other forms of media, it has become increasingly important that cultural and sexual diversity are not neglected in the material used in education, especially in English Language Teaching (ELT) where the chosen material is supposed to represent the whole English-speaking world. Previous research often focuses on the difference between national and international textbooks and compares the results between them. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gender equality perception among secondary students at an international school in Spain.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Agnieszka Kruszyńska-Ziaja; [2022]
    Keywords : gender; gender equality; gender mainstreaming; education; fairness; responsibility; control; secondary school; children’s voices; Spain;

    Abstract : The thesis focuses on the way the secondary students of an international British curriculum school in Spain portray gender equality. It analyses the themes emerging from a focus group discussion with a close consideration of the concepts of gender, gender equality, and gender mainstreaming. READ MORE