Essays about: "Male portrayals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Male portrayals.

1. 1. A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-AI RELATIONSHIPS AI - entities in Her and Ex Machina

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Nisrin Ahmad Sheikh Sleiman; [2023-09-12]
   Keywords : Gender norms; Human-AI relationships; Male Gaze; posthuman; Anthropomorphism; equitable representations;

   Abstract : AI representations in contemporary media provide interesting illustrative examples that show wider perspectives on the complex relationship between humans and AI. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female AI entities in the following movies: Her and Ex Machina. READ MORE

3. 2. Private Women with Public Opinions : Negotiating Gender in Early Modern Fashion Magazines

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Nele Popp; [2023]
   Keywords : gender perceptions; fashion magazines; public and private spheres; Habermas; female authors; late eighteenth century; early nineteenth century; gender roles;

   Abstract : This thesis researches the construction of gender ideals for the new Middle Class and women’s involvement in the same by analysing fashion magazines published in Germany and Sweden between 1786 to 1827 and 1818 to 1844, respectively. The analysis consists of two parts: first, the share of women’s involvement in the public sphere as defined by Habermas as well as the justification of the inclusion of female-written texts and second, the nature of gender ideals in relation to the separate spheres’ framework. READ MORE

4. 3. Sexy Women and Unmanly Men : Representations of Librarians Onscreen

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Camille Nampetch; [2023]
   Keywords : librarian representation; hegemonic masculinity; the male gaze;

   Abstract : This study investigates the representations of librarians in movies spanning from the years 2012 to 2022 from a gender perspective using thematic analysis. Being a female-dominated profession with an increasing use of technology, the goal is to see how librarians are being portrayed today and how that might affect the perceptions of librarianship. READ MORE

5. 4. Porträtteringen av entreprenörer i lantbrukspress : en befästning och frigörelse av stereotypa mönster

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Josephine Andersson; Lovisa Ek; [2021]
   Keywords : entreprenör; genus; lantbrukare; mediebilder; stereotypa mönster;

   Abstract : Entreprenörer och lantbrukare är manligt kodade koncept med manliga konnotationer. När lantbrukare studeras som företagare finns det en risk att den maskulint kodade entreprenören i samklang med den maskulint kodade lantbrukaren blir dubbelt stereotypiserad. READ MORE

6. 5. Gender in the English Language Classroom : A comparative study of gender portrayals in textbooks for the course English 6 in the Swedish upper secondary school

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Josefin Willman; [2021]
   Keywords : critical discourse analysis; gender; sex; textbook analysis; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore how textbooks aiming at the course English 6 in the Swedish upper secondary school display male, female and transgendered characters in fictional texts. The study also seeks to investigate what genders are represented in the authors of the analysed fictional texts in the textbooks. READ MORE