Essays about: "male homosocial desire"
Found 5 essays containing the words male homosocial desire.
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1. “A guy got to sometimes” : Hegemonic masculinity and male homosociality in Of Mice of Men, by John Steinbeck
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men explores themes of morality and masculinity through its many male characters. With the use of hegemonic masculinity theory, this essay analyzes how different elements of masculinity are characterized, constructed, and valued in relation to one another. READ MORE
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2. Perceptions of Gender Diversity Among Swedish Preschool Teachers - Understanding the Stagnant Inclusion of Men in a Female Dominated Occupation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Thesis Purpose The purpose of this research is to increase the understanding of occupational gender segregation by exploring how preschool teachers and principals perceive gender diversity, what they consider to be the primary issues that hinder men from entering this profession, and what they think a larger inclusion of men in the profession could lead to. Theoretical Perspective We based our research on diversity, the theory of marginalization and occupational sex segregations to gain background knowledge and understanding of general perceptions on people in gender atypical professions, and utilized it as our starting point. READ MORE
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3. Hyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hyde
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson is one of the most famous male friendships in modern literature. Using the two novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s extensive canon about the extraordinary detective and his companion, this essay examines the bond between Holmes and Watson through Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s theories about male homosocial desire. READ MORE
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4. Victor’s Body : Male Hysteria and Homoeroticism in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis investigates the male body in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, first published in 1818, and Kenneth Branagh’s film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, released in 1994. So doing, the thesis focuses on the analysis of hysteria and homoeroticism in three male-male relationships: Victor and the monster, Victor and Walton, and Victor and Clerval. READ MORE
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5. "A hell of a good guy" : Homosocial Desire and Ethnicity in The Sun Also Rises
University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : The focus of this essay is to investigate homosociality in terms of ethnicity in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. The main method used in the investigative analysis is close reading of the novel, and the essay relates this close reading to theories expressed in a number of critical essays and articles regarding the novel itself and other subjects relevant to the analysis. READ MORE
