Essays about: "essay on society and culture"
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1. Dual Cultural Influences and Career Paths: : Second-Generation Iranians in Sweden
University essay fromAbstract : Nearly four decades after the peak influx of Iranian immigrants to Sweden around 1985-1990, recent academic inquiry has begun to shift its emphasis towards their second generation. These individuals, born to parents who arrived during that period, are now achieving notable positions across various sectors of Swedish society. READ MORE
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2. CURSED HORROR FILMS - A film analysis of ‘dangerous’ films within moving media
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : Within the field of horror films there is a subcategory of films and videos revolving around fictional horror films claimed to be ‘dangerous’ to the public. These works often relate to discussions around moral panics and spectatorship as well as historical viewpoints on the horror genre. READ MORE
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3. Going To Bed Now: Dissociation Feminism and Implicit Critique in My Year of Rest and Relaxation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018 / 2019) by Ottessa Moshfegh, through the lens of dissociative feminism, can be interpreted as a critique regarding commodification of the body. To explore this claim, I discuss the protagonist’s dissociative feminist behaviour in contrast to her friend Reva’s femcel-behaviour. READ MORE
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4. The Feminine Wasteland: Gender Roles and Women's Mental Health in Joan Didion's Run River and Play It As It Lays
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The American author and journalist Joan Didion was especially known for her non-fiction that pertinently described the culture she lived in, but her novels also offer a frank and realistic perspective on American society. In her two first novels Run River (1963) and Play It As It Lays (1970) Didion portrays the respective main characters, Lily Knight McClellan and Maria Wyeth, as fragile women who are failing to live up to the gender roles that were imposed on them. READ MORE
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5. The Impermanence of Norms : A Study of Fahrenheit 451 Based on Foucauldian Concepts
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaAbstract : In 1953 Ray Bradbury wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451. The plot is set in a fictional, North American future. READ MORE