Essays about: "hegemonic culture"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 41 essays containing the words hegemonic culture.
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26. Men in Makeup: Performances of gender transgression in male beauty vloggers’ makeup consumption
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this research was to uncover how gender transgressing practices are performed in male beauty vloggers’ makeup consumption and to contribute into the understanding of how men are constructing their gender identity when entering feminine consumption spaces. Positioned within the consumer culture theory field, the research aims to expands current perspectives on gendered consumption on a theoretical level. READ MORE
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27. A Discourse Analysis of Masculinity Construction as Climate Change Denial : Hegemonic Masculinity Pushes Back
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This thesis sets out to understand if climate change denial is a way in which industrial hegemonic masculinity is constructed through American conservative political discourse. Rooted in ecofeminist theory and feminist discourse analysis, its main material is the Republican Platform of 2016 with the addition of Fox News and statements by Republican high-profile politicians. READ MORE
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28. “Not every literate is literate in the sense of understanding that a woman needs her own rights” - Exploring men’s support for women’s empowerment in Ghana – a Minor Field Study
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Development aid organizations are increasingly turning their focus on men and masculinities in the pursuit of women’s empowerment. Despite much effort to improve the lives of women, the hegemonic definition of empowerment in economic and individualistic terms have not been able to attack the unequal power structures between men and women, causing them to persist until this day. READ MORE
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29. “This is the guys’ home ground, you know”: A qualitative study about masculinity, homosociality and work identity among male and female dockworkers in the Port of Gothenburg
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Harbour work in the port of Gothenburg has historically been a male-dominated working-class profession where dockworker identity has been strongly connected to working-class masculinity. Harbour environments are often characterized by homosocial cultures, where bonding between men is confirmed through male, heterosexual, working-class norms. READ MORE
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30. Growing beyond rationalism: A case study on urban gardening's potential to challenge hegemonic worldviews of scientific rationalism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Looking at the cultural preconditions of modern industrialized society, the presented thesis argues that the contemporary ecological crisis can be perceived as a result of modern industrial culture and the dominant worldviews of scientific rationalism which promote the supremacy of objective knowledge, economic efficiency and assumptions of human's ecological disembeddedness. If this crisis is one of culture, it can only be overcome in cultural terms and has to be approached with a focus on how to alter such cultural model. READ MORE
