Essays about: "manlighet"

Found 5 essays containing the word manlighet.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women’s Careers: Challenges and Opportunities in the Swedish Energy Industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Elsa Francke; Hanna Kakavandy; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender Equality; Women’s Careers; Challenge; Opportunity; Discrimination; Social Sustainability; Energy Industry; Sweden.; Jämställdhet; Kvinnors karriärer; Utmaning; Möjlighet; Diskriminering; Social hållbarhet; Energibranschen; Sverige;

    Abstract : Practices to promote gender equality and equal opportunities for men and women have become an important part of many organizations' agenda. However, women are still experiencing challenges in career advancement to a larger extent than men. This is due to structural, cultural and societal factors and other types of discrimination against women. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Han Skulle Vara En Kille Som Pappa Inte Kunde Klaga På” : Subversive And Imaginative Masculinity In Lygia Bojunga’s Work

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Leena-Maaretta Dixon; [2018]
    Keywords : Masculinity; Gender; Children’s Literature; Lygia Bojunga; Stephen M. Whitehead; Fable; Machismo; Patriarchy;

    Abstract : This thesis centers on three children’s novel, “Sex gånger Lucas”, “Min Vän målaren”, and “Den gula väskan”, written by the very appreciated and much awarded Brazilian Author Lygia Bojunga. All three of these novels discuss masculinity in young boys and men. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tales of Testosterone : A Historical Study of the Science of the Male Hormone in Male Menopause and Homosexuality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Therese Karlsson; [2016]
    Keywords : testosterone; masculinites; hormones; homosexuality; Einar Rodhe; Arnold Josefson; Axel Westman; Paavo Vara; Erik Lundberg; Paul de Kruif; Peter Conrad; medicalization; testosteron; manlighet; hormoner; homosexualitet; medikalisering;

    Abstract : Berättelsen om testosteronet. En historisk studie av vetenskapen om det manliga könshormonet inom det manliga klimakteriet och homosexualitet. READ MORE

  6. 5. Maskulinitetens förändrade former

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Erika Lidén; Jessica Henriksson; [2007]
    Keywords : Maskulinitet; manlighet; familjeliv; partnerskap; arbetsliv; sexualitet; kroppsideal;

    Abstract : Abstract Under de senaste tvåhundra åren har maskuliniteten fått nya hegemoniska former och frågan är hur detta har påverkat konstruktionen av maskuliniteter? Maskulinitet påverkas och förändras bland annat av förändrad arbetsmarknad samt den höga skilsmässofrekvensen. Synen på mannens maskulinitet har förändrats över tid, den traditionella mannen som anses vara känslokall och ansvarsfull familjeförsörjare har tagit nya former. READ MORE