Essays about: "Hegemonic Femininity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Hegemonic Femininity.
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1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE
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2. Hegemonic Masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Novel Normal People: Subverting and Reinforcing Norms
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay explores how different traits of hegemonic masculinity in Sally Rooney’s Normal People are presented through the male characters using gender studies as the theoretical approach and whether they reinforce or subvert norms of hegemonic masculinity through their interactions with each other and Marianne. This essay claims that the novel presents both reinforcements and subversions of masculinity through the male characters introduced in the novel. READ MORE
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3. The strong men and the good looking women : Quantitative content analysis of the visual representation of athletes in Swedish digital sports journalism
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to examine if the quantity of female athletes is lesser than male athletes and if there are any gender differences in this visual representation of athletes in Swedish digital sports journalism. The thesis also aims to investigate if the visual representation of female athletes has changed over time in connection to the #MeToo movement. READ MORE
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4. Goals, Goals, Goals! A critical discourse analysis of female empowerment in Bianca Ingrosso's YouTube vlogs
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This qualitative study investigates the incorporation of female empowerment discourses in Swedish lifestyle influencer Bianca Ingrosso’s YouTube vlogs. The aim of the study is to gain a better understanding of what it means to be a feminist in the current Swedish media moment, where the influencer industry is a commonly found subject for debates concerning the tensions between feminism and postfeminism. READ MORE
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5. Gender and mental illness
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)Abstract : AbstractThe following work is driven foremost by the confounding fact that so few men are seekinghelp concerning mental illness, even though men, by far, are the dominating gender instatistics regarding suicide. Upon reflection a line of questions arose mainly regardingwhether gender based differences could play a role in the way men and women expressmental illness and especially whether, and to what extent, gender affects treatment thereof. READ MORE
