Essays about: "adolescent female characters"

Found 3 essays containing the words adolescent female characters.

  1. 1. The Angel in the House: Performing to Gender Expectations with Anne Shirley and Hermione Granger

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Emma Wagner; [2023]
    Keywords : adolescent female characters; the Angel in the House; gender performativity; Anne of Green Gables; Hermione Granger;

    Abstract : This essay explores how adolescent girls in two pieces of children’s fiction are portrayed in children’s literature from the start and end of the 20th century to examine how they perform their gender in relation to expectations as informed by the Angel in the House discourse. Anne of Green Gables and the Harry Potter series were published at the start and end of the twentieth century, and both texts engage with the discourse. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gender asymmetries in professionals' views on adolescent sex and drug use

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Josefine Nauckhoff; [2017]
    Keywords : high-risk sexual behavior; child sexual abuse CSA ; child compulsory care; sexual exploitation; social exchange theory of sex; adolescent drug abuse; socially disruptive behavior 3§ LVU; juvenile status offense; socialt nedbrytande beteende 3 § LVU; sexuellt högriskbeteende; sexuella utbytesteorin; sexuellt utnyttjande; sexuella övergrepp i barndomen; ungdomars drogmissbruk;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this study was to examine female social workers’ (ie. drug counselors’ and members of treatment staff’s) perception of the sexuality of girls and boys. The results indicate that the IPs define female high risk sexual behavior differently than male high-risk sexual behavior. READ MORE

  4. 3. Alice Walker and the Grotesque in The Third Life of Grange Copeland

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Anette Karjalainen; [2012]
    Keywords : Alice Walker; grotesque; whiteness; womanism; Bakhtin; racism; US South;

    Abstract : This essay examines the uses of the grotesque in Alice Walker’s novel The Third Life of Grange Copeland. Published in 1970 the novel has been subject to various readings by diverse scholars. However, previous research has failed to take into account the displays of the grotesque in the novel. READ MORE