Essays about: "Duality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 130 essays containing the word Duality.

  1. 1. “A guy got to sometimes” : Hegemonic masculinity and male homosociality in Of Mice of Men, by John Steinbeck

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Abigail Piper Sandström; [2024]
    Keywords : Masculinity; Steinbeck; Homosociality; American Literature; Hegemonic masculinity; Gender; Male Studies;

    Abstract : John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men explores themes of morality and masculinity through its many male characters. With the use of hegemonic masculinity theory, this essay analyzes how different elements of masculinity are characterized, constructed, and valued in relation to one another. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Traumatised Self in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Heat of the Day : Analysing identity and trauma by using psychoanalysis and trauma theory

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Annette Brantlin; [2024]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Bowen; The Heat of the Day; trauma; war; identity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines individual and collective trauma in Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Heat of the Day, published in 1948. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse how the duality of identities is portrayed, and which elements of repression compulsion and individual and collective trauma are present in Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Heat of the Day by using elements from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory and Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory as theoretical frameworks. READ MORE

  3. 3. "I am the opposite of progress” – A discussion about Bauman’s Liquid Modernity through the lens of Yellowstone

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

    Author : Marianne Gabrielsson; [2023-07-06]
    Keywords : conservatism; liquid modernity; Bauman; Yellowstone; sociology through literature;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose is to problematize how to use conservatism as counterforce to Liquid Modernity by answering two research questions. - What critique against liquid modernity can be identified in Yellowstone? - How does Yellowstone articulate conservatism as counterforce against monetary interests and profit. READ MORE

  4. 4. Board and management characteristics effect on firms' ESG scores

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Emelina Farmängen; David Olsson; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : sustainability; ESG; performance; board characteristics; management characteristics; stakeholder theory;

    Abstract : The subject of sustainability has evolved over the years, and firms have been put into the spotlight to provide resources to manage and minimize the problems we face. This paper explores how board and management characteristics are associated with the ESG performance of large European firms, overlooking nine years. READ MORE

  5. 5. Are you one of those who take children?” Child protection professionals views on the disinformation campaign - implications on the practice and for children’s rights

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Kim Holmlund; [2023-06-26]
    Keywords : Child protection services; disinformation campaign; children’s rights; Sweden; professional identity;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyse how professionals at the Child protection services (CPS) perceive the disinformation campaign, how they related it to their work and how they cope with the potential effects related to the campaign. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals at assessment units at CPS, and thereafter analysed through thematic analysis. READ MORE