Essays about: "performative acting"

Found 4 essays containing the words performative acting.

  1. 1. ‘Pinkwashing’ or Protection? A Qualitative Analysis of the City of Copenhagen’s LGBTI+ Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Maja Bodekær Black; [2020]
    Keywords : Non-performativity; LGBTQIA ; local government; Denmark; equalities work; policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Exploring the City of Copenhagen’s LGBTI+ policy, the aim of the thesis is to analyse problems involved in implementing policies within the field of identity politics. The City of Copenhagen has formulated a policy addressing the conditions of LGBT+ people in Copenhagen. READ MORE

  3. 2. Started from the Internet, Now We're Queer. The usage of SNS to explore, build and communicate queer identities

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Madonna Paulina Nordling; [2019]
    Keywords : representation; culture; sweden; youth; identity; queer; performative acting; self-presentation; heteronormativity; social media;

    Abstract : This study has examined how young queer people are using SNS for exploring, buildingand communicating their identities and how this may differ in the different stages ofcoming out. The aim of the study has been to broaden the field with and obtain a deeperunderstanding of how a marginalized group in society can use social media as a part inexploring and building an identity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Living degrowth - a transformative endeavour? : investigating practices, motivations and challenges of living for a new era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Johannes Brossmann; [2017]
    Keywords : degrowth; performative methods; practice theory; critical participatory action research; transformative practices; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Our world is experiencing accelerated ecological destruction and social injustices on different scales and multiple levels. Unchecked economic growth has been criticised as causing this since the 1970s, but the dominant sustainable development paradigm has perpetuated the belief that economic growth and environmental protection can go hand-in-hand. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE ACTOR OF SUBURBIA: IDENTITY AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION IN THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Maria Hallhagen; [2016-02-03]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; performativity; authenticity; Orientalism;

    Abstract : Abstract: This essay studies the significance of acting and performing in relation to selftransformation and the search for an identity in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. It uses Judith Butler’s discussions on moral responsibility and gender performances, in order to investigate how the characters negotiate their identities and draws on Edward Said’s discussion on Orientalism to establish how the novel uses stereotypes as a way of undermining stereotyping and Orientalist learning. READ MORE