Essays about: "joan"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the word joan.
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6. The Feminine Wasteland: Gender Roles and Women's Mental Health in Joan Didion's Run River and Play It As It Lays
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The American author and journalist Joan Didion was especially known for her non-fiction that pertinently described the culture she lived in, but her novels also offer a frank and realistic perspective on American society. In her two first novels Run River (1963) and Play It As It Lays (1970) Didion portrays the respective main characters, Lily Knight McClellan and Maria Wyeth, as fragile women who are failing to live up to the gender roles that were imposed on them. READ MORE
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7. The Role of AI in IoT Systems : A Semi-Systematic Literature Review
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)Abstract : The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of interconnected devices and objects that have various functions,such as sensing, identifying, computing, providing services and communicating. It is estimated that by the year 2030, there will be approximately 29.42 billion IoT devices globally, facilitating extensive data exchange among them. READ MORE
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8. Sorry to Burst Your Bubble : An analysis on how content by @thegirlslikeme organize resistance against anti-feminist narratives through humor and wellness fuelling participation in Nigerian feminist discourse on Instagram
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : In this study, I look at the content and interpretation of posts by a feminist meme account on Instagram called @thegirlslikeme, from the perspective of a sample size of Nigerian female followers through a focus group discussion, along with a visual social semiotic analysis of the posts. This study set out to answer three research questions: i) How do the posts on TGLM use humor and wellness to portray feminism? ii) How is the content on TGLM challenging antifeminist narratives in a Nigerian context? And finally, iii) How do the Nigerian followers relate to the brand of feminism represented on TGLM? The theoretical approaches theories employed to help think through the data gathered in form of thematic blocks from the interview, and the textual and visual content are participatory culture, work of representation, and filter bubbles and echo chambers. READ MORE
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9. The Untapped Potential : A descriptive study of Sweden as an emerging wine tourism destination
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)Abstract : Tourism is considered as an economic force in modern society, not only is it asource of revenue, but also a means of connecting cultures and traditions withpeople from all over the world. Wine tourism especially is a form of tourismthat brings visitors to vineyards to experience the authentic taste of a region. READ MORE
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10. Ett process-relationellt perspektiv på det regenerativa jordbruket : omsorgens etik i brukandet av landskapet
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Uppsatsen undersöker det regenerativa jordbruket ur ett process-relationellt perspektiv. Det regenerativa jordbruket utlovar lösningar på såväl lokala som globala problem relaterade till naturresursanvändning. READ MORE
