Essays about: "normativity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the word normativity.

  1. 1. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
    Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

    Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Overachievers : Female Recruits’ Everyday Experiences of Gender Norms in the Swedish Armed Forces

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

    Author : Selma Riemer; [2023]
    Keywords : Female conscripts; Swedish Armed Forces; Women and military culture; Gender norms and expectations;

    Abstract : The Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) have been making internal efforts to enrol more women through changes in legislation and mandatory conscription, since the adoption of Resolution 1325 in the Swedish Parliament at the turn of the century. Since the alterations, an upward trend of female recruits as well as women making careers and reaching high ranking positions, has been identified. READ MORE

  4. 3. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

    Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘I feel like I do not really belong anywhere’ : Multiethnic and Multiracial Identities in the Finnish Context

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

    Author : Leila Kuusiniemi; [2023]
    Keywords : identity construction; social identity theory; Finland; discrimination; mixed race;

    Abstract : This study examines the experiences of multiracial and multiethnic young adults in Finland, aged between 24-28, as they negotiate their daily lived experiences and construct their identities in the framework of ethnicity, race, belonging, and discrimination. The study utilises a qualitative research approach with a thematic analysis of four semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Moral Constraint on Political Principles in Bernard Williams’s Political Realism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hugo Sundman; [2023]
    Keywords : political realism; Bernard Williams; virtue ethics; Rosalind Hursthouse;

    Abstract : This essay argues that Bernard Williams’s political realism presupposes a moral constraint on the political principle of legitimacy, and that Williams’s realism does not articulate a distinctive political normativity. To critically engage with the ethical idea of a moral constraint on political principles, Williams’s ethics is contrasted with Rosalind Hursthouse’s neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. READ MORE