Essays about: "hegemonic culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 essays containing the words hegemonic culture.

  1. 6. Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies : A Case Study of South Sudan

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Lathan Yusuf; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender-Based Violence; Human Rights; Conflict; South Sudan;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on GBV against women and girls in conflict and post-conflict societies with a particular emphasis on South Sudan. It notes that women and girls are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, and other consequences of war, including displacement and loss of livelihood. READ MORE

  3. 7. Resistance: Cultural Expression of Tea Plantation Workers in Bangladesh

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Faiham Ebna Sharif; [2022]
    Keywords : Tea; Cha; Chai; Garden; Estate; Plantation; Bagan; Baganiya; Culture; Alienation; Resistance; Worker; Labor; Tea Garden; Tea Garden Worker; Ethnicity; Human Rights; Labor Rights; Colonialism; Imperialism; Everyday life; Economy; Strategy; Tactic; Total Institution; Net of Authorities; Symbol;

    Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic study of culture, economy, everyday life, and resistance among ‘Baganiyas’ (workers) of a tea plantation in contemporary Bangladesh. The main goal of this thesis is to highlight the Baganiyas' everyday resistance to the systemic alienation of the plantation structure and to demonstrate how their actions of resistance served as symbolic representations of their community's culture. READ MORE

  4. 8. A Worm in an Apple : An analysis of hegemonic masculinity, personal responsibility and the nature of the Shadow in Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Gwendolyn Maddy Hansson; [2022]
    Keywords : A Wizard of Earthsea; Ursula K. Le Guin; genre deconstruction; masculinity; hegemonic masculinity; personal responsibility; school culture; boy problem; fantasy literature; upper-secondary school; secondary school; English as a Foreign;

    Abstract : In this paper, Ursula K Le Guin’s 1968 fantasy novel, A Wizard of Earthsea will be investigated in two ways. First, through a thematic analysis of the primary antagonist through a deconstructive close-reading technique. Second, through a pedagogic analysis of the depiction of hegemonic masculinity in the novel. READ MORE

  5. 9. “MORE FEMINIST BULLSHIT”Exploring Sexism and the Battle Over Gender Construction in Video Game Discourse Communities

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ola Nenzelius; [2021-02-09]
    Keywords : Video games; Women in games;

    Abstract : Abstract: Thisstudyexplores gender construction in video game discourse communities, using Critical Discourse Analysis(CDA)as a theoretical frameworktogetherwith a quantitative, corpus linguistic methodology.Discourse samples weretaken from five online content creators for World of Warcraft(WoW)who react to the four Shadowlands: Afterlivestrailers for theWoW expansion released in November of 2020. READ MORE

  6. 10. The vegan underdog : An interview study about vegan men, masculinity and political potency

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Joakim Frank; [2021]
    Keywords : Veganism; Vegetarianism; Masculinity; Hegemonic masculinity; Ecofeminism; Intersectionality; Neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : Eating meat is an increasingly problematic social practice. It has devastating environmental effects; itends and exploits animals’ lives and as a social practice it is also connected to other oppressive systems.In our culture, meat is symbolically tied to manhood and the ideological system of carnism that supportsanimal exploitation. READ MORE