Essays about: "normative representation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words normative representation.

  1. 1. From Villains and Victims to “we have all the power”. How disability advocates are reclaiming their power and challenging norms on social media.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Bronagh Flanagan; [2023]
    Keywords : Disability; Representation; Social Media; Instagram; Activism; Intersectionality; Ableism; Accessibility; Stereotypes; Education;

    Abstract : Disabled people have a long history of being excluded and treated as the “Other”, as well as being portrayed in films and on TV using negative tropes such as The Villain and The Victim. When one’s identity has been excluded or misrepresented in entertainment media, social media can also be used as a form of self-representation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
    Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE

  4. 3. Popular and Contextual Trans Representation : A Case Study of Normative Trans Representation in the Media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Anti-gender ideology; Capitalism; ContraPoints; Disclosure; Gutsy; Tiffany Moore; Transfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis represents an investigative critique of ethics in mass media representation of trans people. It advances its respective set of ethics regarding trans representation by critically examining how contemporary capitalist media produces a more "sanitized" trans representation that fails to reflect the material living conditions of the immense majority of trans people underneath the regime of capitalism. READ MORE

  5. 4. And in my Head I Paint a Picture : The Role of Development Volunteering Organizations in the Othering of States in the Global South

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

    Author : Runa Ziegler; [2023]
    Keywords : international volunteering; development volunteering; othering;

    Abstract : The focus of the Bachelor thesis is to analyze how states in the Global South are being othered by states in the Global North that fund international development volunteering (IDV). A focus is put on states that fund IDV as part of their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Swedish media representation of China : A frame analysis of the securitization of China in Swedish print media during 2012-2022

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Sonia Ruyter; [2023]
    Keywords : China threat; securitization; framing; print media; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore the presence of ”China threat” and the securitization of China in Swedish print media. The key objective is to measure the portrayal of China as a threat and if/how that representation has changed during the time period 2012-2022. READ MORE