Essays about: "male gaze"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the words male gaze.

  1. 21. The Abject Female Body : The Male Gaze on Woman and Nature in Daphne du Maurier's "The Apple Tree" and "The Blue Lenses"

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Josephine Pantzar; [2022]
    Keywords : Daphne du Maurier; The Apple Tree ; The Blue Lenses ; abject; male gaze;

    Abstract : This study examines the portrayal of the woman as monstrous in Daphne du Maurier’s short stories “The Apple Tree” and “The Blue Lenses” and investigates the abject emotions that female bodies induce within the main characters. The study also contrasts the habitual, objectifying gaze of the male focalizer with the reluctant gaze forced upon the female focalizer through a pair of lenses, argued here to represent the patriarchal suppression of woman, as the male gaze is key for mediating the abject in du Maurier’s stories. READ MORE

  3. 22. Mass Effect: A utopia free from queer people?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Jasper Falk; Theo Flejmer; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : A small set of qualitative interviews were held to explore the thoughts and choices of queer players of the Mass Effect trilogy. The participants‘ discussions and answers were transcribed and analyzed with the support of texts about compulsory heteronormativity, queer theory, Huizinga’s magic circle, as well as the charmed circle. READ MORE

  4. 23. Misogyny in the Marshlands : female Characterization in Seamus Heaney’s “Bog Queen” and “Punishment”

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Olivia Signe Afrodite Gränglid; [2021]
    Keywords : The Male Gaze; Stereotypical Characterization; Sexual Objectification; Ecofeminism; Seamus Heaney; Bog-poems;

    Abstract : This essay argues that the depiction of women in Seamus Heaney’s poems “Bog Queen” and “Punishment” results from the male gaze in three ways: the narrative viewpoint, stereotypical characterization, and the objectification of the female body. The following essay analyses the poems through an ecofeminist perspective that enables examination of the female characters as personifications of nature – “Bog Queen” as Mother Earth and the victim of “Punishment” as Nerthus, the fertility goddess. READ MORE

  5. 24. So Far Away, Yet So Close : A Study on How Intimacy Is Attempted to Be Produced in Girlfriend Roleplay ASMR Videos on YouTube

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Dalia Abdallah; Madlén Engström; [2020]
    Keywords : intimacy; digital intimacy; ASMR; girlfriend roleplay ASMR; ASMRtists; intimitet; digital intimitet; ASMR; flickvänsrollspels-ASMR; ASMRtists;

    Abstract : This study examines how ASMRtists, people that create ASMR videos, attempt to create intimacy in their videos on YouTube. ASMR stands for Audio Sensory Meridian Response and is a tingling sensation within the body that can be triggered by various stimuli, such as visuals and sounds. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Gaze In Fantasy Literature : A critical analysis of the novel A Game of Thrones

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Henrik Oresten; [2020]
    Keywords : A Game of Thrones; Feminist criticism; Gaze theory;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna studie är att utforska den manliga och kvinnliga blicken i George R.R. Martins fantasinovell, A Game of Thrones (1996). Jag föreslår att skillnader i hur den manliga och kvinnliga blicken betraktar sitt objekt, kan avslöjas genom kritisk analys av kvinnliga huvudkaraktären Sansa Stark. READ MORE