Essays about: "gender portrayal"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 96 essays containing the words gender portrayal.

  1. 21. The Abject Female Body : The Male Gaze on Woman and Nature in Daphne du Maurier's "The Apple Tree" and "The Blue Lenses"

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

    Author : Josephine Pantzar; [2022]
    Keywords : Daphne du Maurier; The Apple Tree ; The Blue Lenses ; abject; male gaze;

    Abstract : This study examines the portrayal of the woman as monstrous in Daphne du Maurier’s short stories “The Apple Tree” and “The Blue Lenses” and investigates the abject emotions that female bodies induce within the main characters. The study also contrasts the habitual, objectifying gaze of the male focalizer with the reluctant gaze forced upon the female focalizer through a pair of lenses, argued here to represent the patriarchal suppression of woman, as the male gaze is key for mediating the abject in du Maurier’s stories. READ MORE

  3. 22. FOOD COMMERCIALS AND GENDER. A Comparative Analysis of Gender-role Portrayal in Swedish and Japanese Food Commercials

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Niklas Sjöberg; [2021-06-15]
    Keywords : japanska; SIK; gender; Sweden; advertising; cross-culture; cooking;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate Swedish gender role stereotypes in advertising by analysing 82 different Swedish video commercials of the product category food and cooking and then conducting a cross-cultural comparison of earlier data from Japanese commercials. The commercials are categorised based on the setting that it takes place in, and examples of appearing roles and gender portrayals are described. READ MORE

  4. 23. She Changes News Media : Gender representation & portrayal in news coverage of COP26 leadership team

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Maxine Nathalie Klinkenberg; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The underrepresentation and the stereotypical portrayal of women in the news media is an enduring matter. This thesis examines the gender representation and portrayal in news coverage of the underrepresentation of women at the United Nations’ 26th Conference of Parties (COP26). READ MORE

  5. 24. Media, Men and Sex Workers : A critical discourse analysis of Swedish media’s portrayal of sex workers and sex buyers in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Josefin Bloom; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex work; Sex buyers; Swedish media; Discourse analysis; Intersectionality;

    Abstract : The premise of this thesis was to investigate how one national news outlet (Dagens Nyheter) in Sweden portrayed sex workers and sex buyers in their article series Skuggsidan. The series, published in effect of a famous TV-persona’s sex buying scandal in May of 2020, included interviews with former female sex workers, two case worker from a help organization and one former male sex buyer. READ MORE

  6. 25. Privilege and Poverty under Patriarchy : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of the Portrayal of Wives and Mothers in Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Louise Olander; [2021]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Gaskell; North and South; the Victorian novel; feminism; intersectionality; marriage; motherhood; class; gender roles; angel in the house;

    Abstract : Building on previous feminist literary criticism of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South (1854-55), this essay analyses the portrayal of wives and mothers in the novel from an intersectional feminist perspective. It examines how the narrative shows that gender and economic status or class intersect to create varied representations of Victorian women's marginalisation. READ MORE