Essays about: "male and female roles in society"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 34 essays containing the words male and female roles in society.

1. 6. Where Are the Sows? : A Feminist Reading of George Orwell's Animal Farm

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Andre Persson; [2021]
   Keywords : George Orwell; Animal Farm; patriarchy; traditional gender roles; toxic masculinity.;

   Abstract : This essay argues that the patriarchy is pervasive throughout George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm. By providing examples of narrative events and character actions, the essay aims to make evident the ways in which the patriarchy is represented throughout the novella. READ MORE

3. 7. Genusroller på diversifierade lantbruk : stereotypa roller på lantbruksbranschen

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Alva Rohdin; Mirjam Stephanie Ahlström; [2021]
   Keywords : genus; normer; diversifierande lantbruk; manlig jargong; stereotypiska roller;

   Abstract : Idealet om den stereotypiska lantbrukaren är djupt rotad i samhället vilket leder till att rollfördelningarna i lantbruksbranschen kan vara svåra att bryta (Elvin-Nowak & Thomsson, 2006). Detta bidrar till att kvinnan tvingas konkurrera med de föreställningar som finns om lantbrukets rollfördelning och behöver ta sig an en manlig roll för att tas på allvar som lantbrukare. READ MORE

4. 8. An Illusion of the American Dream : The Great Gatsby from a Feminist Perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Martina Lotun; [2021]
   Keywords : The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald; the American Dream; feminism; feminist narratology; patriarchy; flapper; the Roaring Twenties; the Jazz Age;

   Abstract : The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald encapsulates the Roaring Twenties, a period of social and political change. The economy is thriving, and the American Dream, with its promise of monetary wealth, happiness and upward mobility, is seemingly within reach. READ MORE

5. 9. A Contemporary Victorian Patriarchy : A Gender Studies Approach to Gender Nonconformity as a Response to Patriarchal Oppression in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2021]
   Keywords : hegemony; gender nonconformity; bildungsroman; Victorian society;

   Abstract : This thesis examines female gender nonconformity as a behaviour in response to Victorian patriarchal oppression in the female protagonist of Charlotte Brönte's bildungsroman Jane Eyre. Gender nonconforming behaviour is depicted as behaviour that does not obey gender roles or expectations, linking the responsive quality of such behaviours to the traits of hegemonic masculinity exerted by the male characters who represent and perpetuate a patriarchal system: St John Rivers and Edward Rochester. READ MORE

6. 10. The Hidden Femininity of The Hobbit : the Gendering of Bilbo Baggins

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Josefina Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender; gender roles; gender norms; Bilbo; The Hobbit; femininity; masculinity;

   Abstract : This essay argues that the protagonist of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins can be considered to be a female character in a male form. By applying feminist literary criticism this essay map out the traditional gender roles in society along with the traditional gender roles in Middle Earth in order to investigate Bilbo’s female characteristics, the similarities between him and women in patriarchal society as well as the female imagery present in The Hobbit. READ MORE