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1. Sex sells - but should it? : The notion of using sex(ism) in tourism advertising
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)Abstract : This thesis provides a discussion of the use of sex(ism) in advertisement and its implications for gender roles and values, with a focus on women’s status in society. We argue that women are being objectified and still considered second class citizens, even in such a gender equality forward country as Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Am I not a woman even when I am pregnant?: An analysis of the development of fetal rights in policy documents in Europe and how pregnant women are fetal containers and second-class citizens
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This thesis focuses on the development of fetal rights in policy documents in Europe and how fetal rights and the protection of fetal life can be a part of the discussion of how pregnant women are associated with being “fetal containers” and(/or) “second-class citizens”. The study aims to identify different articles and paragraphs in policy documents that can identify the connection between fetal rights and pregnancy rights and how pregnant women are “fetal containers” and(/or) “second-class citizens”. READ MORE
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3. Shopping Experience in Central and Eastern Europe: Second - class Europeans in a Union of Equals?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Over the past few years the EU has seen a surge in reports showing that analogical products of dual quality are being sold in different parts of the Union. An East – West divide has been noticed in the way that products of identical branding and packaging are of poorer quality in the Central and Eastern European shops, but not in the Western ones. READ MORE
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4. THE ACTOR OF SUBURBIA: IDENTITY AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION IN THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Abstract: This essay studies the significance of acting and performing in relation to selftransformation and the search for an identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. It uses Judith Butler’s discussions on moral responsibility and gender performances, in order to investigate how the characters negotiate their identities and draws on Edward Said’s discussion on Orientalism to establish how the novel uses stereotypes as a way of undermining stereotyping and Orientalist learning. READ MORE
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5. Women and Their Bodies in Classical Greece : The Hippocratic Female
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of approximately sixty medical treatises that were written by the Hippocratics during the Classical period of Greece. The Hippocratics were a group of practicing physicians and are today considered as one of the first Greek scientists. READ MORE