Essays about: "femininity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 243 essays containing the word femininity.

1. 21. Attachment-Oriented Motherhood and the German New Right on Instagram

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

   Author : Isabel Köhler; [2022]
   Keywords : Attachment Parenting; Intensive Motherhood; Respectability; White Femininity; The German New Right; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Media Studies;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the German-speaking attachment-oriented parenting community on Instagram. Focusing on a debate about new-right activities in the community, I analyze how motherhood (self-)conceptions were discursively entangled with questions of resistance to and tolerance of the new right. READ MORE

3. 22. 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. 23. Wicca and Witchcraft on Instagram : a study of femininity and empowerment within the wicca and witchcraft movements as portrayed on Instagram

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Siri Sofie Premfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Wicca; Witchcraft; Instagram; Feminism; Empowerment;

   Abstract : In this essay, I have examined how wicca and witchcraft interacts with femininity and female empowerment. Wicca and witchcraft have become popular new-age movements which has a large presence online, where different accounts post content relation to their beliefs and practises. READ MORE

5. 24. 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

6. 25. Gazing at Beverly Marsh : A Comparative Study of Stephen King’s It and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 Film Adaptation

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

   Author : Freja Lindqwister Viker; [2022]
   Keywords : Stephen King; Andy Muschietti; It ; the Male Gaze; sexual objectification; abjection;

   Abstract : This essay explores and compares the depiction of the character Beverly Marsh in Stephen King’s novel IT and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film adaptation. The literary analysis uses the theoretical concepts of Mulvey’s the Male Gaze, Bartky’s sexual objectification theory, and Kristeva’s abjection. READ MORE