Essays about: "Heterosexual Matrix"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Heterosexual Matrix.
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1. To protect and serve… …everyone, including their own or the Norm? : - An exploration of gender normativities in testimonies of sexual harassment inside the Swedish police force.
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : This thesis aims to analyze and trace gender normativities and stereotypes in the testimoniesfrom the #metoo call #nödvärn (2017) and #nödvärn 2.0 (n.d) in Sweden within the policedepartment. This thesis includes a qualitative thematic analysis of the material combined witha positioning theory. READ MORE
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2. Cyborg Subject or Transformable Avatars? : A Study of Power, Body and Identity in Post-cyberfeminist Art
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This essay examines the body in post-cyberfeminist art to study possible changes in how the body is perceived in the shift from cyberfeminist to post-cyberfeminist art. I have studied the body by examining power and identity in four cases of post-cyberfeminist art, using postmodern feminist theories and concepts such as gender, gender performativity, heterosexual matrix and intersectionality. READ MORE
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3. Becoming a Woman Through Tomboyism : A Qualitative Study of the Female Gender Identity of the Tomboy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis concerns the female gender identity generally known as the tomboy – a non-marginal gender identity. As a result of the non-marginality and complexity of this gender identity research on the subject is sparse. Moreover, previous research has not shown a limitation of tomboyism to homosexuality. READ MORE
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4. Two Entwined, Closeted Shirts : A Literary Analysis of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" Through a Queer Lens and Its Pedagogical Applicability in the EFL Classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay focuses on how masculinities are performed and portrayed in Annie Proulx’s novella “Brokeback Mountain” (1997). The thesis argues that through examining the characters’ portrayals of masculinity, readers might develop a deeper, nuanced understanding of gender normativity today. READ MORE
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5. Identities through Words : Analyzing character positioning in Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to analyze how the discourse between the two main characters in Richard Yates’s novel Revolutionary Road implies complex power dynamics concerning identity formation. The analysis has been conducted by the use of positioning theory as well as the critical lens of the Heterosexual Matrix in order to discuss positioning findings in relation to gender formation. READ MORE