Essays about: "gendered othering"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words gendered othering.

  1. 1. Beyond Pixels: Unveiling the Dangers of Feminized Virtual Avatars in Fashion : A Critical Visual Analysis of Shudu Gram and Miquela Sousa

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Robin Naomi van Halteren; [2023]
    Keywords : feminized virtual avatars; postcolonial theory; intersectionality; critical visual analysis; the Exotic Other;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the use of feminized virtual avatars (FVAs) in the fashion industry and explores the risk of using FVAs for the appropriation and exploitation of marginalized communities and identities. Through a critical visual analysis of the virtual avatars Shudu Gram and Miquela Sousa, this study analyzes how they are made to represent gendered and racialized women’s bodies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Masculinity Beyond the Battlefield: Exploring Masculinities inside the Swedish Armed Forces and its Connection to the Private Sphere

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Janzén; [2023]
    Keywords : Masculinities; Hegemonic Masculinities; SwAF; Militarized Masculinities; Civil Life; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to analyse how masculinities inside the SwAF are manifested as well as how these affect the civil life of male soldiers. This is achieved by using a set of individual case studies where semi-structured interviews serve as the main data. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Where there is room to fight for your beliefs that is the ideal place" : Imagination and agency of Athenians with migratory background

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Georgia Dekavalla; [2022]
    Keywords : Migration; city; space; bordering; othering; imagination; hybridity;

    Abstract : In the globalized world, border regimes are ambiguous, withdrawn or reinforced based on who approaches them, where and how. Borders are equally the boundaries that permeate spaces of nation-states and cut across them through racialized, gendered, and classed divisions. READ MORE

  5. 4. “The mother was incredibly brave” : Comparing representations of refugee women from Syria in national and local Swedish newspapers through content analysis

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

    Author : Ebba Beattie; [2021]
    Keywords : media representations; refugee women; voice; space; visibility; stereotypes; gendered representations; communication for development; Swedish newspapers;

    Abstract : During the so-called ‘migration crisis’ of 2015, 51,338 Syrians applied for asylum in Sweden. First, Swedish politicians called for Swedes to ‘open their hearts’, public support was strong, and media coverage was full of possibilities and humanizing images. READ MORE

  6. 5. Intersecting Oppressions of Migrant Domestic Workers : (In)Securities of Female Migration to Lebanon

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Janine Gunzelmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Gendered Migration; Migrant Domestic Workers; Intersectionality; Lebanon;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis explores the intersection of powers that create (in)secure female migration to Lebanon. It contributes to a growing literature corpus about the lives of women, originating from South/ South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, who migrate to Lebanon to work in the domestic work sector. READ MORE