Essays about: "Intimacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 78 essays containing the word Intimacy.

  1. 1. Life of one's own: negotiating homosexuality with the family and party-state in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daiyi Chen; [2023]
    Keywords : tongzhi; homosexuality; family; party-state; individualization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The current study explores the process of how tongzhi, namely the homosexual men in China, who works for the party-state negotiates homosexuality with the family and the party-state in China. Under the background of the individualization of Chinese society, tongzhi has been pursuing to liberate homosexuality while encountering oppression from the family and the party-state. READ MORE

  3. 2. Birth in Power, Case study of homebirth in France and its link to sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gabrielle Artus; [2022]
    Keywords : Homebirth; Ecofeminism; Empowerment; Nature; Animality; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : If homebirth can offer better outcomes than hospital-birth why do so few French women make this choice? The literature review on birth in France shows an increasing critique of overmedicalization. Through an Ecofeminist approach, conducting a qualitative questionnaire and interviews I found women choosing homebirth seek intimacy, respect and to avoid fear-based protocols and hospitals' violence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Subgroups of customer intimacy and their influence on customer loyalty : A structural equation modeling approach

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Tim Åkesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Customer intimacy; customer loyalty; structural equation modelling; questionnaire;

    Abstract : Background: The consulting industry’s growth has continuously outpaced the gen- eral economy, leading to more new entrants and increased intra-industry competition. Thus, competitive practices must be revised to ensure existing consultancies’ market position. READ MORE

  5. 4. Incels: Frustrated and Angry due to Deprivation of Intimacy : A Case Study of the Radicalisation Trajectories of an Online Community on a Fringe Social Media Platform

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS

    Author : Aron Kiss; [2022]
    Keywords : fringe social media platforms; echo chambers; marginalised groups; unfulfilled masculinity; polarisation; radicalisation; incel; NLP;

    Abstract : Technological advancements and affordability enable voicing of social injustice, feelings of deprivation, and oppression. Spatial barriers no longer pose obstacles to connecting with like-minded (or dissimilar) others to define and refine ingroup and outgroup. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kehrä/Kehrae : A moment in between

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för cirkus

    Author : Myrsky Rönkä; [2022]
    Keywords : Circus; ritual; liminality; communitas; play; animism; gift; rope; circus practice; nature; intimacy orientation; regenerative; sustainability;

    Abstract : First of all, my research is not only my research but our research. It has been made together with my long-time art companion Marjut Hernesniemi. The starting point for our research was our experience of the western modern circus, what it does, and how it cares for the cosmos. READ MORE