Essays about: "female portrayals"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 essays containing the words female portrayals.

  1. 21. The Super-Male and the Super-Female : Gender Criticism in Watchmen

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Gunnar Ernsth Bravell; [2019]
    Keywords : Watchmen; Superheroes; Comics; Gender Studies;

    Abstract : This essay aims to analyze if the graphic novel Watchmen criticizes the conventions of the superhero comic genre in regards to gender. The literary theory applied is gender studies. The essay examines the visual portrayal of male and female characters, as well as the male-dominated narrative. READ MORE

  3. 22. Victims, Exotic Warriors or Heroines? Framing the motivations of Kurdish female fighters in the war against Islamic State

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Bafrin Eskandari; [2018]
    Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPG; YPJ; PKK; Peshmerga; Media; Motivation; Framing; Orientalism; Women; Middle East; Political violence; Islamic State; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on investigating how the three British newspapers, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the BBC News, frame the motivations of the Kurdish female fighters joining armed forces in the war against Islamic State. It also explores, what are the reasons behind these portrayals and in what ways Kurdish female fighters challenge the existing discourse of Middle Eastern women. READ MORE

  4. 23. Attracting women in the war for talent: The impact of gender diversity in recruitment advertisements

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Elin Hofmann; Alma Holst; [2018]
    Keywords : recruitment advertising; gender diversity; relational demography; signalling theory; tokenism theory;

    Abstract : With a gender diverse talent pool and prophecies of gender diversity levering organisational efficiency and superior performance, why are today's corporations failing to present gender diverse organisations? As business leaders blame a lack of female applicants, examining the efficiency of popular attempts to attract female talent is of great interest. Despite a shared notion among organisations that portraying a diverse workforce in recruitment advertisements widens the pool of applicants, little is known about the impact gender diverse ads have on prospective applicants. READ MORE

  5. 24. Patriarchal Princesses and Wicked Witches : A Feminist Reading of the Depiction of Women in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Marlene Lindberg; [2018]
    Keywords : feminist criticism; gender; Arthur Miller; binary oppositions; dichotomies; patriarchy; feminism; witch trials; feministisk teori; kön; Arthur Miller; binära motsatser; dikotomier; patriarkat; feminism; häxprocesser;

    Abstract : Based on the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693, Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible treats a historical event that could be considered overflowing with patriarchal oppression. Despite the author’s clear disapproval of the historical cruelty, the play continuously reveals patriarchal structures and shows misogynist tendencies in its depiction of women. READ MORE

  6. 25. ‘Martyrs and Heroines’ vs. ‘Victims and Suicide Attackers’. A Critical Discourse Analysis of YPJ’s and the UK media representations of the YPJ’s ideological agency

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Amelie Malmgren; Michelle Fabiana Palharini; [2018]
    Keywords : YPJ; UK media; media representations; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; Postcolonial studies; hegemonic discourse; sensationalism; victimisation; Kurdish female fighters;

    Abstract : The present thesis compares media representations of Yekîneyên Parastina Jin (YPJ or the Women’s Protection Units), an all-female Kurdish military organisation, in British media versus the organisation’s own media outlets, with the aim to see how they differ, more specifically in terms of representations of their ideological agency. By utilizing critical discourse analysis (CDA) in combination with postcolonial theory, the media construction of four soldiers’ deaths have been scrutinized in 30 media texts in order to provide a deeper understanding of the hegemonic discourses and sociocultural practices which underpin these constructions. READ MORE