Essays about: "gender portrayal"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 96 essays containing the words gender portrayal.

  1. 16. The Continued Support of Patriarchal Ideologies in the Nancy Drew Series : A Comparative Study of Nancy Drew: The Scarlet Slipper Mystery & Nancy Drew Diaries: The Magician’s Secret

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Nathalie Green; [2022]
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    Abstract : The well-loved Nancy Drew from 1930 has continued to solve mysteries in 1974 and 2015, though the series can no longer claim to be unconventional. Even though Nancy was a revolutionary character in 1930, the thought of a mystery-solving female is not as controversial anymore. READ MORE

  3. 17. Witches are not so delicate : A Jungian analysis of gendered oppression in Madeline Miller’s Circe and the novel’s pedagogical potential in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hermansson Ida; [2022]
    Keywords : Jungian theory; hegemony masculinity; Circe; EFL classroom; gender oppression; literary education; feminist pedagogy; Upper Secondary School;

    Abstract : Circe (2018) by Madeline Miller is a retelling of The Odyssey from the perspective of the witch Circe. The novel challenges the previous portrayal of Circe as a vindictive seductress and provides insight into the narrative of a woman negotiating a man’s world, in which she is denied autonomy due to her gender. READ MORE

  4. 18. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Dionne Tilborghs; Nina Lotz; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism - feminine hygiene products - menstruation - body hair - women´s self-esteem - advertising - binary clean messy - stigma - normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  5. 19. Bound to Gendered Norms? : A critical discourse analysis of the portrayal of former Swedish Prime Ministers in news media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carolina Ekström; [2022]
    Keywords : Gendered norms; Magdalena Andersson; Stefan Löfven; Fredrik Reinfeldt; Critical Discourse Analysis; Fairclough Sweden;

    Abstract : Sweden is considered prominent in gender equality issues. Despite that, Sweden was the last of the Nordic countries to have a female prime minister, and previous studies demonstrate that gender stereotypes remain. READ MORE

  6. 20. The portrayal of femicides in Greek newspapers : A content analysis in a selection of Greek newspapers.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Athanasia Giagkoudi; [2022]
    Keywords : Femicide; Greek newspapers; Gendered-based violence; content analysis; gender inequality; patriarchy; Greece; femicide articles;

    Abstract : The present study is examining the representation of femicides in a selection of Greek newspapers. The aim of the study is to examine how victims of femicide and their perpetrators are being represented in the selected newspapers, which cases are receiving more attention and if the understanding of femicide as a term and a phenomenon has changed the last two decades. READ MORE