Essays about: "Taboo topics"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Taboo topics.

  1. 6. Please, Keep My Secret - How consumer culture influences product-based female empowerment in a specific BOP context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sarah Linder; Heimar Svensson; [2014-12-05]
    Keywords : Product-Based Female Empowerment; BOP; BOP Consumption; Cultural Meanings; Consumer Culture; CCT; Product Adoption; Kenya;

    Abstract : The perception of the Base-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) as one single consumer market is no longer a viable notion. The present article illustrates this through an exploration of how local cultural meanings shape a distinct consumer context in a BOP market. READ MORE

  3. 7. THOU SHALLT NOT SELL NATURE : A STUDY ON HOW TABOO TRADE-OFFS AFFECT OUR PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Britt Stikvoort; [2014]
    Keywords : social-ecological systems; trade offs;

    Abstract : Background: Humans are part of social-ecological systems, and preferably these systems are resilient, as this increases security of societal benefits derived from them. However, ecosystem-resilience is often threatened by loss/degradation of natural areas. READ MORE

  4. 8. The 'Paradox' of Being Young in New Delhi : Urban Middle Class Youth Negotiations with Popular Indian Film

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Elizabeth Williams Örberg; [2007]
    Keywords : India; New Delhi; middle class; film; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to understand the ways in which popular film is integrated into the everyday lives of urban middle class youth in India. Approaching the study of film through an audience reception approach, I engaged in participant observation and interviews during a fieldwork period in New Delhi in order to better understand how a young audience might negotiate the fantasy of filmic images into the reality of their own lives. READ MORE

  5. 9. Offensive Language in Sex and the City : A study of male and female characters’ use of taboo words

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Madelene Skillström Bygg; [2006]
    Keywords : Gender; swearing; offensive language; taboo; male; female; Sex and the City;

    Abstract : There are words and topics of conversation that are considered taboo and offensive in the English language. Offensive words can be divided into different categories, based on the way they are used and in what situation. Topics of conversation that are considered taboo are for example sexual activity and death. READ MORE