Essays about: "heterosexual matrix"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words heterosexual matrix.

1. 1. To protect and serve… …everyone, including their own or the Norm? : - An exploration of gender normativities in testimonies of sexual harassment inside the Swedish police force.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Emma Pilevång Bergqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender equality; gender normativities; heteronormativity; stereotyping; gender binary; sexuality; heterosexual matrix; Swedish Police.;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to analyze and trace gender normativities and stereotypes in the testimoniesfrom the #metoo call #nödvärn (2017) and #nödvärn 2.0 (n.d) in Sweden within the policedepartment. This thesis includes a qualitative thematic analysis of the material combined witha positioning theory. READ MORE

3. 2. Cyborg Subject or Transformable Avatars? : A Study of Power, Body and Identity in Post-cyberfeminist Art

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Ida Mogren; [2023]
   Keywords : cyborg; avatar; cyberfeminism; post-cyber feminism; cyberfeminist art; post-cyberfeminist art; glitch; performativity; digital performativity; queer theory; gender studies; art history;

   Abstract : This essay examines the body in post-cyberfeminist art to study possible changes in how the body is perceived in the shift from cyberfeminist to post-cyberfeminist art. I have studied the body by examining power and identity in four cases of post-cyberfeminist art, using postmodern feminist theories and concepts such as gender, gender performativity, heterosexual matrix and intersectionality. READ MORE

4. 3. Becoming a Woman Through Tomboyism : A Qualitative Study of the Female Gender Identity of the Tomboy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Alvemark; [2021]
   Keywords : tomboy; gender identity; social psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the female gender identity generally known as the tomboy – a non-marginal gender identity. As a result of the non-marginality and complexity of this gender identity research on the subject is sparse. Moreover, previous research has not shown a limitation of tomboyism to homosexuality. READ MORE

5. 4. Two Entwined, Closeted Shirts : A Literary Analysis of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" Through a Queer Lens and Its Pedagogical Applicability in the EFL Classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Henrik Frank; [2021]
   Keywords : Gender studies; Brokeback Mountain ; queer theory; gender normativity; hegemonic masculinities; LGBTQ literature; EFL; Upper Secondary School;

   Abstract : This essay focuses on how masculinities are performed and portrayed in Annie Proulx’s novella “Brokeback Mountain” (1997). The thesis argues that through examining the characters’ portrayals of masculinity, readers might develop a deeper, nuanced understanding of gender normativity today. READ MORE

6. 5. Identities through Words : Analyzing character positioning in Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Halla Ghassan Karlsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Richard Yates; positioning theory; EFL; literary analysis; Judith Butler; narratology; Heterosexual Matrix; Revolutionary Road;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyze how the discourse between the two main characters in Richard Yates’s novel Revolutionary Road implies complex power dynamics concerning identity formation. The analysis has been conducted by the use of positioning theory as well as the critical lens of the Heterosexual Matrix in order to discuss positioning findings in relation to gender formation. READ MORE