Essays about: "femininities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word femininities.

  1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Keywords : Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Emotional Protector : The gendering of Sweden´s national identity construction - a discursive investigation during the `European migration crisis´ 2014-2016

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Silver Breitkopf; [2022]
    Keywords : national identity; gender; migration; emotions; protection;

    Abstract : During the `European migration crisis´ Sweden´s policies on migration underwent a change from welcoming refugees generously into the country to closing its borders strictly. This thesis analyzes how discourses contributed to the construction of Sweden´s gendered national identity during the time of the `European migration crisis´ 2014-2016 from a poststructuralist feminist perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Joy of Not Fitting In – An Essay on How Non-binary People Accomplish Gender Euphoria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Frederik Kramer Kluw; [2022]
    Keywords : Non-binary; Gender Euphoria; Masculinity Femininity; Internet-ethnography; Ethnomethodology; Doing gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand how gender euphoria is constructed by non-binary people, and how these experiences are embedded in ideas of masculinities and femininities. The theoretical point of departure involves the theorization of “doing gender” by West and Zimmerman, concepts from ethnomethodology inspired by Liberman, and finally “performative acts” by Butler. READ MORE

  5. 4. Women in Conservation: Narratives of Care, Place and Practice in the Lowveld Region, South Africa

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Laura-Bethia Campbell; [2021]
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    Abstract : Understanding the diverse values, perspectives and lived experiences of conservation practitioners can offer insight into more effective pathways to just, diverse and inclusive stewardship practices. Within the cultural dimension of stewardship, sense of place (as a source of care) has the potential to articulate the relational ties between humans, nonhumans and the environment. READ MORE

  6. 5. Men as victims and invisible women : The link between destructive male norms and violence. A discourse analysis of Machofabriken 2.0

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Ann Birging; [2020]
    Keywords : violence prevention; men’s violence against women; men as victims; triad of men’s violence; destructive masculinities; invisible women; Women’s Human Rights; Istanbul convention; gender equality;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine Machofabriken 2.0 through discourse analysis.Examine how concepts are filled with meaning and what alternative meanings that are excluded. Ialso scrutinized what pedagogic tools and strategies put forward to achieve change and discuss ifit is possible to approach ordinary men as violent. READ MORE