Essays about: "double-bind"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word double-bind.

1. 1. The R Word: Race and Racism at the Swedish Radio

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Johanna Lill-Inger Fredrika Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : phenomenology; race; racism; journalism; media; objectivity;

   Abstract : Race is a taboo subject — and word — in Swedish culture, and the Swedish news media is no exception. During recent years, however, the topic of race and racism has started to be discussed moreand more in the mainstream. READ MORE

3. 2. Indigenous Peoples and Internal Displacement: A Legal No Man's Land?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Jack Musgrave; [2020]
   Keywords : Indigenous peoples; human rights; internal displacement; Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; UNDRIP; ILO Convention no. 169; Colombia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : “Cultural identity is closely linked to their ancestral lands. If they are deprived of them, by means of forced displacement, it seriously affects their cultural identity, and finally, their very right to life lato sensu... READ MORE

4. 3. Modern ‘Land Girls’

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lotta-Kaisa Susanna Mustonen; [2019]
   Keywords : Keywords: female entrepreneurship; labour income differences; double-bind; family demography; gender equality; gender regimes; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Female entrepreneurs have been reported to choose self-employment for a variety of reasons, such as the flexibility of combining work and childcare. However, paradoxically female entrepreneurs may face double-bind situation where they are responsible for their business and are primary care givers of the family. READ MORE

5. 4. Double Bind Tying Breastfeeding Women to a Liminal Position : Discourses about Public Breastfeeding in the Swedish Media Debate 1980-2016

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Jennie Sjödin; [2018]
   Keywords : Public Breastfeeding; Gender Equality; Swedishness; Neoliberalization; Taboo; Female Bodies; Binary Oppositions; Inappropriate Women; Prudishness.;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates cultural associations and values connected to women in Swedish society, with regard to action space, autonomy and social position. This is done through a discourse analysis of the media debate about public breastfeeding between the years 1980-2016, especially putting focus on the female body, motherhood, and women's access to public space. READ MORE

6. 5. Help or hinder? : Journalists affecting the future of female genital mutilation in a patriarchal society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Hallonsten; [2016]
   Keywords : Female genital mutilation; female genital cutting; female circumcision; FGM; patriarchy; journalists; media; attitudes; subalternity; double bind; Kvinnlig könsstympning; kvinnlig omskärelse; patriarkat; journalist;

   Abstract : Is it possible to cover an issue as a journalist to the extent that you are practically a human rights activist, and still contribute to its continuation by unconsciously upholding the values causing the issue? This study asks the question if journalists help or hinder the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM), and puts forth the thesis that journalists as a collective in fact are affecting the development more negatively through their attitudes than positively through their actions. The study consists of a theoretical analysis connecting to patriarchy and post-colonialism, and a field study from Tanzania where journalists are interviewed. READ MORE