Essays about: "female characteristics"

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  1. 6. The Many Identities of Trinidadian Women in Earl Lovelace’s Salt

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Marcelina Maria Dudys; [2023]
    Keywords : female characters; postcolonialism; the carnivalesque; polyphony; mimicry;

    Abstract : This essay aims to explore the identities of a selection of female characters in Earl Lovelace’s novel Salt. My research questions are the following: How are the selected characters’ hybrid identities constructed? What role do different circumstances play in the formation of the characters’ identities? How do polyphony, mimicry and the carnivalesque affect their identities? Although the examined women are assumed to conform to similar gender norms, I argue that there is no common female role in Salt. READ MORE

  3. 7. Generation Z Consumers' Attitudes towards Body Diversity in Fashion Advertisements : A quantitative study on the effect of consumers' own body size to their attitude

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Amanda Hallberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Fashion advertising; body diversity; body positivity; generation Z; fashion industry; Instagram marketing; social media marketing; consumer attitudes; purchase intentions;

    Abstract : This thesis is investigating how consumers’ attitudes on fashion advertisements are affected by the models featured in the advertisements, with the consumers’ own body size being taken into consideration. The topic for the thesis was formed when conducting a thorough literature search, which revealed a gap in research. READ MORE

  4. 8. DIVING INTO RĀMĀYAṆA: : SITĀ & SURPANAKHĀ OF VALMIKI'S RĀMĀYAṆA COMPARED WITH ORAL NARRATIONS OF RĀMĀYAṆA BY PAULA RICHMAN

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Hirumali Rachel Brickner Ekanayake; [2023]
    Keywords : Rāmāyaṇa; Sitā; Śūrpanakhā; Valmiki; Oral Traditions; Andhra Pradesh; Brahmin women;

    Abstract : The present study is completely a literature study, where the limelight has been on Rāmāyaṇa. Focusing on the Rāmāyaṇa written by Valmiki and comparing it to the oral tradition (songs) from Andhra Pradesh, sung by Brahmin women presented in Paula Richman’s book Many Ramayanas (1991); The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Lack of Love : The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Maria Brix Rasmussen; [2023]
    Keywords : femcel; Forever Alone Women; FAW; incel; involuntary celibacy; love; online environment; online community; lookism; objectively ugliness; Reddit; Discord; phenomenology; orientation; ethnology; ethnography;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the reality of female involuntary celibates. To understand how the identification of being a female involuntary celibate has developed online in a shared online environment, I explore the experiences from women who identify as femcels and women who identity as forever alone women. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Sound of Women : The characteristics of women's choir music

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Daniel Holmqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Choir; choir music; women s choir music; female choir music; music analysis; Kör; körmusik; damkörsmusik; musikanalys;

    Abstract : This essay examines women's choir music from a musical perspective, to give contrast to the several previous cultural and sociological studies. The method used was a combination of literature study, an interview with former women’s choir founder and conductor Robert Sund and a music analysis of five different women’s choir pieces. READ MORE