Essays about: "Mystique"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word Mystique.

  1. 6. "I was my own woman" - Breakdown and Recovery in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Karolina Kitanoska; [2013]
    Keywords : women’s role in the 1950’s and 1960’s; Individuality; identity crisis; housewife ideal; depression; eating disorder; objectification; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : During the 1950’s and 1960’s an unexplainable phenomenon arose amongst middle class women in North America. Women in the suburbs experienced a feeling of emptiness even though they believed they had everything they could ever ask for in life. READ MORE

  3. 7. Women in New Turkish Cinema : An Analysis of “Climates”, “Three Monkeys” and  “Once upon a time in Anatolia”

    University essay from Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Öykü Peksel; [2012]
    Keywords : new Turkish cinema; women; patriarchy; femininity; masculinity; film; feminist film theory; Mulvey; Semiotics;

    Abstract : This study investigated the cinematic representations of women in ‘Climates’ ‘Three Monkeys’ and ‘Once upon a time in Anatolia’ created by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. It explored the image of women and the ideologies that affects them in the aforementioned films. For the analysis, semiotics is used and feminist film theory is applied. READ MORE

  4. 8. The struggle between individuality and gender conformity : A literary study of Joyce Carol Oates' The Falls

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Susann Adolfsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Femininity; Joyce Carol Oates; Alienation; Literature; The Falls; Identity;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the gender roles in Joyce Carol Oates' The Falls. The novel concentrates ona family who live by Niagara Falls in the US, but the novel's main focus is on a woman namedAriah. READ MORE

  5. 9. Tecken på liv : mänskliga spår i staden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ilona Stehn; [2008]
    Keywords : kreativa avtryck; kreativitet; avtryck; gatukonst; offentliga rummet; demokrati; deltagande; medborgarmedverkan; stadsodling;

    Abstract : The City is filled with signs of life. It teems with human traces waiting to be discovered. Street art of different kinds prevails behind traffic signs, on posts and electrical boxes. Personally con-structed dogs guard roundabouts all around Sweden and small gardens spire underneath window ledges. READ MORE

  6. 10. Hedge Funds and Their Strategies : An Investigation about Correlation Market Neutrality and the Improvement of Portfolio Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Andreas Kuhn; Roland Muske; [2007]
    Keywords : Hedge Funds; Correlation; Market Neutrality; Portfolio;

    Abstract : Reading the daily financial news, it becomes quite obvious that hedge funds are receiving huge attention by financial analysts and politicians. Many people fear the influence of hedge funds on single companies as well as on the global economy. This study does not judge the behavior of hedge funds. READ MORE