Essays about: "female history"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 122 essays containing the words female history.

  1. 16. The Framing of Evil in Oppressive Systems : Barbara, Phoenix, and Transit by Christian Petzold

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Anna Aschenbrenner; [2022]
    Keywords : Evil; oppressive system; Christian Petzold; Barbara; Phoenix; Transit; Hannah Arendt; Banality of Evil;

    Abstract : The present study aims to create a deeper understanding of the cinematic representation of “evil”. Therefore, a special focus lies on contemporary historical fiction films whose stories are set in totalitarian systems with direct or indirect references to German history. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Atlas of Two Women: A Methodological Exploration for Seeing and Interpreting the Symptomatic Visual Motif

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Tatuli Japoshvili; [2022]
    Keywords : two women; female subjectivity; Irigaray; Benjamin; Warburg; Didi-Huberman; Arts and Architecture; Philosophy and Religion; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the under-recognised yet symptomatic visual motif of two women, a recurring theme within a vast array of pictorial examples. Its primary objective is to construct a theoretical and methodological framework capable of comprehending the multiplicity of images in the form of an image collection: The Atlas of Two Women. READ MORE

  4. 18. A Seamless City : female textile workers in the urban fabric of Malmö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Sara Saleh; [2022]
    Keywords : textile industry; autoethnography; industrial landscape; Malmö strumpfabrik AB; Marabou; recreation; factory workers; architecture; urban planning; site analysis; urban history; Malmö; Sundbyberg; landscape architecture; industrial development;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the historical presence of female textile industry workers can be envisaged in the urban landscape of Malmö. With the background of Malmö’s urban history and transformation from an industrial town to a “City of Knowledge”, and an autoethnographic method based on a framework of Critical Normativity, two case studies are performed. READ MORE

  5. 19. Representations of Women and Gender relations in Jamaican Tourism Promotional Marketing: An analysis of visual images on Jamaica’s national DMO website.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Shailee Parasnis; [2022]
    Keywords : tourism images; male gaze; tourist gaze; gender stereotypes; ethnic stereotypes; sexualization; Jamaica; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Tourism images and representations depict women in a stereotypical way where men and women are represented differently. Like much advertising, women in tourism promotional marketing are sexualized and exoticized. Destinations are promoted through the use of the female body. READ MORE

  6. 20. The made-up woman : Women’s daily use of makeup in Rome

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Sara Falk; [2022]
    Keywords : Cosmetics; women; Roman women; make up; gender identity; chemical analysis; Kosmetik; kvinnor; romerska kvinnor; smink; könsidentitet; kemisk analys;

    Abstract : This study details Roman women’s use of makeup, and the relevance of studying makeup whenexploring the history of Roman women. The study explores the relation between the use ofmakeup and female identity through texts and archaeological material. READ MORE