Essays about: "genre subversion"

Found 3 essays containing the words genre subversion.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Laying Bare the Moral Dilemma of Imperial Politics:

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Kerstin Nielsen; [2011]
    Keywords : Subversion of the Conventional Adventure Story; Imperialism; Advenure Genre; Ideology; Intertextuality; Adaptation from Literature to Film; Narratology; Subversion of the Conventional War Film; Ambiguity; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Both Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now are regarded as outstanding works in their respective field of art. Their reputation rests partly on their artistic value and partly on their preoccupation with topics which were highly relevant at the time of their publication/release. READ MORE

  4. 3. Parallel Worlds in British Fantasy Film

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jelena Irina Deutscher; [2010]
    Keywords : Otherworld; Tolkien; Todorov; Subversion; Stardust; Secondary World; Narnia; Multiverse; Magic Time; Magic Space; Magical Worlds; Legitimation; Jackson; Harry Potter; Film; Fantasyland; Fantasy; The Fantastic; Faerie; Crosshatch; Britishness; Alternative World; Alternate Reality; Parallel Universe; Parallelwelt; Parallel World; Primary World; Polder; Portal; Wonderland; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The thesis deals with the representation of fantasy in modern film with special regards to parallel-world stories. In order to demarcate parallel worlds from other types of magical worlds in fantasy stories, the thesis contains an extensive chapter of definitions. READ MORE