Essays about: "American culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 132 essays containing the words American culture.

  1. 6. Unsettling Norms : Negotiating Dominant Culture in 'The Addams Family'

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Madelina Barve; [2023]
    Keywords : Popular Culture; Counter-Hegemony; The Addams Family; Genre; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the three most popular and acclaimed live-action versions of The AddamsFamily, those being the 1964-1966 sitcom The Addams Family, the 1993 film Addams FamilyValues, and Netflix’s 2022 series Wednesday, to understand how these popular culture textsnegotiate dominant norms and culture in American society. These iterations cover sixty years of cultural negotiation on non-conformity and each attend to a specific politics of conformity in their time. READ MORE

  3. 7. What Difference Does It Make? : Comparative Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship Between CSR Initiatives and Board Composition in Sweden and the United States

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Kristina Björling; Viktor Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : CSR; ESG; Corporate Governance; Gender Diversity; Board Independence; CEO Duality; Inclusion; Board Compositions; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Theory; Critical Mass Theory; Hofstede’s National Cultural Theory.;

    Abstract : More companies have responded to the call for action, increasing their attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Corporate governance structures have proven to have an effect on how well companies are able to facilitate a sustainable trajectory, all influenced by values and norms. READ MORE

  4. 8. Comfort through Clothing: North American women’s relationship with clothing through the lens of culture.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Kara Tullman; [2023]
    Keywords : comfort; clothing; material culture; habitus; cultural capital; North American women; female consumers; Bourdieu; market research; emotions.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Through ethnographic analysis, this thesis investigates the ways in which North American women seek and experience different modes of comfort through their clothing. The material is drawn from a market research study that employs qualitative methods with a spectrum of women across the United States and Canada. READ MORE

  5. 9. Not so Cool Japan? Exploring the perceptions of contemporary Japan among Euro-American exchange students

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

    Author : Luke Farrelly-Spain; [2023]
    Keywords : Orientalism; Perceptions; Nihonjinron; Japan; Popular culture; Cultural engagement; Coolness; Othering; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the perceptions of Japan among Euro-American international students and investigates how these perceptions influence their motivation to study in the country. By exploring the relationship between popular culture, orientalist depictions, and cultural engagement, this study aims understand the complex dynamics which shape these students' attraction to Japan and their understanding of its culture. READ MORE

  6. 10. Bienvenue   A Qualitative Study on How Identity of Foreign-Born Teachers Is Constructed in the French Classroom

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Johanna ERIKSSON; [2023]
    Keywords : Keywords: Professional Identity; Social Identity; Cultural Identity; Adaptation; Foreign -born teachers; French University;

    Abstract : With the intention of understanding the opportunities, challenges, and construction of identity that foreign teachers encounter through their work in France, my study is grounded in the theory that identity is changeable, ongoing, and influenced by both past and current living situations. Furthermore, the professional, social and cultural theories propose that identity is constructed through our work and our place within a group or a culture. READ MORE