Essays about: "Maskulinitet"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the word Maskulinitet.

  1. 21. Meat and Climate Change: A study on environmental organizations’ approach in addressing meat consumption in relation to climate change with a focus on Norway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Gro-Marit Dørheim; [2016]
    Keywords : Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the relationship between meat consumption and climate change. Its purpose is to bring attention to the findings of the FAO report Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options (2006); i.e. that the production of animal derived foods is a significant contributing factor to climate change. READ MORE

  3. 22. Fair Game : A critical examination of gender representation in League of Legends

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Anna Söderlund; [2015]
    Keywords : representation; gender; stereotyping; video games; League of Legends; masculinity; femininity; representation; genus; stereotyp; dataspel; spel; League of Legends; maskulinitet; femininitet;

    Abstract : In the last decades, video games have become more visible in the media landscape. With the rise of e-sport, development of infrastructure and progress in technology, online games are becoming an important part of mainstream culture. READ MORE

  4. 23. Men, masculinities and climate change : A study of climate change impacts in cases from Greenland, Australia Peru and South Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ellen Söderström; [2015]
    Keywords : Gender; climate change; masculinities; transformative justice; gender transformative approach; Genus; klimatförändringar; maskulinitet; transformativ rättvisa;

    Abstract : ‘Climate change is not gender neutral’ is a statement that has gained more recognition within the climate change debate over the last decade. This has resulted in a new field of research called gender and climate change. The mainstream gender and climate change debate has earlier almost exclusively focused on women’s vulnerability. READ MORE

  5. 24. Indian male voices on gender equality and sexual violence : a qualitative study

    University essay from Ersta Sköndal högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Alexandersson; [2013]
    Keywords : gender equality; sexual violence; masculinity; India; jämställdhet; maskulinitet; sexuellt våld; Indien;

    Abstract : This qualitative study aims to explore the status of gender equality and to provide background to the extensive sexual violence in India from the male perspective through the eyes of seven Gujarati men. The brutal rape of a young student, by whole world known as Nirbayha in December 2012 in the Indian capital, was the tragic event that started a mass reaction in India against the extensive sexual violence and has put the whole worlds light on the unequal conditions of men and women in the country. READ MORE

  6. 25. "To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Tim Löfstedt; [2008]
    Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Afica; Afrika i litteraturen; Nigeria; Igbo; gender; masculinity; maskulinitet i litteraturen; manliness; tradition; family; identity; identitet i litteraturen; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.... READ MORE