Essays about: "Modern Western Societies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Modern Western Societies.

  1. 1. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Nina Lotz; Dionne Tilborghs; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; feminine hygiene products; menstruation; body hair; women´s self-esteem; advertising; binary clean messy ; stigma; normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  3. 2. A portrait of a Witch : Research on the resurgence of Neo-Pagan & Modern Witchcraft movements in the Western societies and what it means to be a Pagan in 21st century.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Liliya Todorova-Janssens; [2022]
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    Abstract : Records suggest that throughout human history, our cultures have always been tied to some form of religious beliefs. Religions evolve, transform, rise and fall. READ MORE

  4. 3. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Dionne Tilborghs; Nina Lotz; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism - feminine hygiene products - menstruation - body hair - women´s self-esteem - advertising - binary clean messy - stigma - normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  5. 4. Tourism in the age of mobile media : the mediatized tourist practices in Icelandic tourism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Hrefna María Pálsdóttir; [2019]
    Keywords : Tourism practices; Social media; Mobile media; The tourist gaze; Mediatization; Smartphones; Photographing; Photo sharing; Overtourism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Mediation processes are becoming increasingly salient in western society, and since tourism is one of the characteristics of modern societies the tourism practices follow this increase. The increasing emphasis on the visual as a prominent sense for our understanding of the physical world has led to increase desire for photography. READ MORE

  6. 5. 'That was yesterday, this is today' : Challenging the heteronormative dominant discourse by incorporating Jeanette Winterson's novel 'Written on the Body' in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sara Modén; [2018]
    Keywords : Queer studies; Written on the Body; heteronormativity; fundamental values; societal norms; literature; Upper Secondary School; EFL classroom; English 6;

    Abstract : Winterson’s Written on the Body is an experimental and provocative novel that challenges the reader’s mindset as well as society’s heteronormativity by implicitly questioning societal norms and fundamental values. With an unusual protagonist as a point of departure, upper secondary school students in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom can discuss important political and social issues and giving them the chance to become more open-minded and inclusive towards all people regardless of one’s sex, gender, and, or sexuality. READ MORE