Essays about: "feminist post-structural discourse analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words feminist post-structural discourse analysis.

1. 1. Beyond Heteronormativity : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Gender Equality Policy in Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Anna Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender Equality; Critical discourse analysis; Heteronormativity;

   Abstract : As one of the world's most equal countries, gender equality holds significant importance in Sweden. This thesis examines how Sweden formulates its gender equality policy accordingly. From a post-structural feminist perspective, this thesis conducts a critical discourse analysis of the Gender Equality Policy in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. The Problematisation of Work-Life Balance within the EU, Austria, and Sweden

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

   Author : Andrea Metzger; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In this Master’s thesis it is asked how work-life balance is problematised within the EU, Austria, and Sweden, aiming to understand how certain representations of the work-life balance problem might contribute to the stagnation or progress of tackling gender equality matters. The research question is answered through the analysis of an EU Directive as well as Austrian and Swedish policies and debates applying a post-structural feminist perspective and the What’s the problem represented to be? approach. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender in Cyber policy, is it really necessary? : A critical analysis of gender in EU’s cybersecurity policy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emmie Linden; [2022]
   Keywords : EU; cybersecurity policy; gender; human rights; women’s rights; securitization; post- structural feminist theory; policy discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Cyberspace offers many opportunities but is also a very hostile place for women. Studies claim that women are disproportionally affected by certain cybercrimes and suffer frequent rights violations in cyberspace. READ MORE

5. 4. Sexy 16-Year-Old Baby-Eater: Gendered, Sexualized, and Racialized Discourses in Exalted, Second Edition

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Niels-Martin Ström Josefsen; [2021-11-26]
   Keywords : Roleplaying games; Exalted; feminist post-structural discourse analysis; representation; geek culture; race; gender; sexuality; Dungeons Dragons; discourses; White Wolf; misogyny; fantasy; genre subversion; social constructivism; media tropes; monstrous women; monstrous motherhood; infantilization; trans representation; sexualization; animalization;

   Abstract : Previous research finds roleplaying games, as well as the wider spectrum of geek culture that they exist within, to be defined by discourses favoring a white, heterosexual, cis-male viewpoint, drawing up and reproducing stereotypes and tropes that are inherently misogynist, homophobic, and racist. Heretofore, research into discourses of gender, sexuality, and race in roleplaying games has focused overwhelmingly on market leader Dungeons & Dragons (1971- ongoing), largely neglecting to scrutinize other well-established titles that may adhere to or break from the same tendencies. READ MORE

6. 5. Important system updates needed! : Masculinised logics and gendered path dependence in the European Union’s cybercrime institutions

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Felicia Rhedin; [2020]
   Keywords : cybersecurity; cybercrime; European Union; EU; EC3; feminist institutionalism; path dependence; cyber violence; VAW; VAWG; cybersäkerhet; cyberbrottslighet; EU; feministisk institutionalism; stigberoende; cybervåld;

   Abstract : This thesis approaches the EU’s cybersecurity discourse from a feminist angle, using a theoretical perspective based on feminist institutionalism and path dependence. The aim is to explore what conceptual logics make it possible for the EU to conceptualise cybersecurity and -crime “problems” in a genderblind way. READ MORE