Essays about: "body ideals"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 46 essays containing the words body ideals.

  1. 16. Att iscensätta naturupplevelser : ett utforskande gestaltningsarbete om människors relation till natur

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

    Author : My Nordström; Karolin Hård; [2020]
    Keywords : naturupplevelse; friluftsliv; konstnärlig gestaltning; tillfällig landskapsarkitektur; immersiva upplevelser; immersion; dramaturgi;

    Abstract : Samhällets dualistiska attityd skiljer ofta människa från djur, stad från natur, stadsliv från naturliv, vilket gör att relationerna mellan människan och naturen är bristande. Världsbilden och värderingarna bygger bland annat på den naturkontakt som erbjuds i vardagslivet samt hur naturen kommuniceras. READ MORE

  3. 17. Is Sexism in Advertising really Necessary? : A quantitative study about Women's Attitudes towards Quality Attributes within the Female Fast Fashion Industry

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Frida Nyström; Mimmi Forsberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Advertising; Sexism; Quality Attributes; Fashion; Kano; Objectification; Femvertising; Gender Stereotypes; Gender; Sex; Female Fast Fashion Industry;

    Abstract : Advertising is constantly surrounding us in different shapes, meaning that companies need to stand out in order to invoke people's attention. Advertising reflects the society's current norms which means that the media and society's values affect each other (Fagerström & Nilsson, 2008). READ MORE

  4. 18. Practically Naked: Fan Service in Anime as Hyper-Gendered Performances of Spectacle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Mimosa Wittenfelt; [2020]
    Keywords : Fan Service; Anime; Ecchi; Otaku; Fan Culture; Gender Performance; Spectacle; Gender Representation; Judith Butler; Guy Debord; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis combines Judith Butler’s concept of gender understood as a performance and Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle in order to apply it onto the sexually charged imagery in anime known as “fan service.” In doing so, it endeavours to answer what visually constitutes a gendered performance in fan service, and how those visuals can be read as a form of spectacle. READ MORE

  5. 19. ‘Nobody puts Baby in a corner’ : A critical response to apartments and furniture designed based on modernistic ideals.

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Aminath Sawsan Ahmed; [2019]
    Keywords : apartment interiors; architecture; body and architecture; furniture design; human positions; interior design; modernist architecture; spatial interaction; arkitektur; inredningsarkitektur; kropp och arkitektur; lägenhets interiör; modernistisk arkitektur; möbeldesign; rumslig gestaltning;

    Abstract : My study challenges the status quo that seems to exist in the design of modern apartments, which is heavily influenced by the modernistic movement that flourished in early 20th century. Modernists strived to create a just and equal society, by challenging the social order and the traditional hierarchical system. READ MORE

  6. 20. Instagram affordances among post-pregnant body advocates

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Linda Singh; [2019]
    Keywords : post-pregnant; post-pregnancy; body advocates; Instagram; Affordances; emotional affordances; affordance theory; objectification theory; feminist reflexivity; comparison theory; postmodern feminism; survey; mixed method;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTObjectification of especially women have often been mentioned in connection to discussions concerning negative body image wherein individuals have been claimed to evaluate their body and look based on standardized societal ideals (Nash:2015, Hodgkinson, Wittkowski & Smith:2014). Studies have also shown that newspapers, magazines, and movies routinely present post-pregnancy bodies as something temporarily that women should strive to improve (Breda et al. READ MORE