Essays about: "essay on society and culture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 51 essays containing the words essay on society and culture.

  1. 11. Rovdjurskonflikt : boskapsförluster orsakade av lejon

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Mathilda Petersson; [2019]
    Keywords : lejon; viltkonflikt; predation; boskap; samexistens;

    Abstract : Det pågår idag en konflikt i Afrika med lejon och pastoralister inblandade. Konflikten verkar öka i takt med att människor med boskap blir fler och lejonens habitat och bytesdjur minskar. Detta litteraturarbete syftar till att utreda de konsekvenser som följer förluster av boskap, både för djurhållaren och för lejonpopulationen. READ MORE

  3. 12. Sociological Perspectives on Gender and Sexual Violence in The Handmaid's Tale

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Björn Nyberg; [2018]
    Keywords : feminism; gender; gender shaping; sexual violence; The Handmaid s Tale;

    Abstract : This essay aims to highlight and explain the gender inequality, the sexual assault and the rape in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale from a feminist perspective, using the theory of the individualist, interactionist and institutional approach to gender found in Wharton’s The Sociology of Gender. Research questions: How does gender inequality shape the characters in the novel? What does it mean for them? How can the gender inequalities seen in Gilead society, as well as the sexual violence in the novel, be explained using sociological perspectives on gender? Gender inequality, which is what leads to the sexual violence, is produced on every level of society, and especially at the institutional level of society, that is, the culture of the society. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Medieval Myth of The Holy Grail and its Resonance in Contemporary Popular Culture : A Reception Theory Analysis of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Johanna Juhlin; [2018]
    Keywords : Mythology; The Holy Grail; Reception theory; Reception history; Wolfgang Kemp; Dan Brown;

    Abstract : This essay investigates why the Myth of the Holy Grail continue to occur within popular culture. Myths, tales and legends from ancient times have inspired authors throughout the centuries. The readers are not only served with a spectacular adventure, but the myths also contain messages with a moral and ethical guidance for us as beholders. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Robotic Moment Explored : Intimations of an Anthropo-Technological Predicament

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Marticki; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology; social robot; the robotic moment; Sherry Turkle; Jacques Ellul; technological habitat; media ecology; human nature; culture; magic; religion.;

    Abstract : This paper examines the ‘robotic moment’, as defined by Sherry Turkle (2011), in the light of general theories of human-technology relations, notably the theoretical framework founded by Jacques Ellul (1954). Potential psychological, cultural, and technical consequences of human-technology interaction, especially human interaction with so-called ‘social-robots’, are explored. READ MORE

  6. 15. "The Sibyl was safe in her jar, no one could touch her, she wanted to die" : Possessing Culture and Passion in A.S. Byatt's Possession

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Maria Jackson; [2017]
    Keywords : social constructivism; gender identity development; romance novels; self-possession; reader-response theory; Pierre Bourdieu; John Fiske; A.S. Byatt; Possession: a Romance.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the essay is to discuss the power narration has over our gender roles. John Fiske and Pierre Bourdieu´s theoretical texts have been used to discuss the connection between power and culture in A.S. Byatt’s novel Possession: A Romance. READ MORE