Essays about: "disciplining women"
Found 5 essays containing the words disciplining women.
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1. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. READ MORE
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2. "I don't belong anywhere. That's the problem." : (In)Between ethnicities, masculinities, and sexualities in Latino American coming-of-age novels.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this study has been to examine representations of Latino boys and young men in Latino American coming of age novels. Two concepts have been central to the study: positions of (in)betweenness and the ability to "fall in line" with norms and expectations. Three overarching themes are been explored in relation to masculinity. READ MORE
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3. Disciplining the Japanese Body: Gender, Power and Skin Color in Japan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore gender norms, beauty ideals and social practices and the way these become ‘visible’ on the Japanese female body as (re)producing the ideal Japanese femininity and skin color in particular. In order to achieve that, I investigate and identify these norms, the mechanisms that implement them on the body and the attitudes and expression of resistance against them. READ MORE
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4. Exersizing agency : feminism and aerobics
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Feminist debate on aerobics mainly focuses on the disciplining discourses that women face, to be thin, fit and beautiful. Although it is important to examine these discourses I argue that the discussion has taken a wrong turn in putting such emphasis on the disciplining pressures. READ MORE
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5. Straight From the Horse’s Mouth : Disciplining the Female Body in Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty
University essay from Högskolan i HalmstadAbstract : At first glance Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty is merely a story about a horse’s life, adventures and destiny. However, a parallel feminist reading reveals and foregrounds the living conditions for women in Victorian England but since this was a highly controversial issue, she was forced to disguise her true intentions. READ MORE
