Essays about: "manliness"

Found 5 essays containing the word manliness.

1. 1. The Periscope Above the Surface: A Study of Auteur Themes in John Ford Films Featuring Submarines

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Oskar Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : John Ford; auteur theory; textual analysis; submarine films; patriotism; sacrifice; redemption; Cultural Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis conducts an auteur analysis of John Ford films containing submarines with the method of textual analysis. The films that are being analyzed are The Blue Eagle (1926), Men Without Women (1930), Seas Beneath (1931), Submarine Patrol (1938) and The Growler Story (1958). READ MORE

3. 2. Wicked Gentlemen: A Comparison of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Huntingdon in Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Jenny Rothman; [2010]
   Keywords : Heathcliff; nineteenth century; manhood; Brontë; Wuthering Heights; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; manliness; masculinity; Arthur Huntingdon; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates similarities and differences between Emily Brontë’s Heathcliff and Anne Brontë’s Huntingdon. Moreover, their conduct is compared to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century masculinities. Neither of the two characters corresponds with ideal masculine behaviour. As the novels progress they become increasingly depraved. READ MORE

4. 3. Entry-points to Men's Involvement to Prevent Men's Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships in Costa Rica - a Qualitative Study on Men from a Gender Perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Anna Johansson; [2008-09-17T08:23:16Z]
   Keywords : masculinities; gender; power relations; triangulation of violence; men s violence against women;

   Abstract : The research aims to find entry-points to men’s involvement to prevent men’s violence against women in intimate relationships in Costa Rica. The importance of this research is reflected in the high extend of this specific violence where two to three women per month are killed in Costa Rica. READ MORE

5. 4. The Eloquence of Speechlessness : Hybridity, Sexed Bodies, and Astonishment in Kant’s Theory of Epigenesis

   University essay from Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

   Author : Jens Eriksson; [2008]
   Keywords : Immanuel Kant 1724-1804 ; epigenesis; astonishment; weirdness; hybridity; manliness; masculinity; gender; sex difference; republicanism; bio-politics; horticulture; life science; vitalism; teleology; Bildung; organization.;

   Abstract : Keywords: Immanuel Kant ( narratives in European naturalism and political anatomy. Yet the concept surfaces in gender historical research on the period in foot notes and cursory remarks. This paper interrogates why epigenesis has been eradicated from the historical consciousness of today’s scholarship on gender politics. READ MORE

6. 5. "To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Tim Löfstedt; [2008]
   Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Afica; Afrika i litteraturen; Nigeria; Igbo; gender; masculinity; maskulinitet i litteraturen; manliness; tradition; family; identity; identitet i litteraturen; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.... READ MORE