Essays about: "post- structural feminist theory"

Found 5 essays containing the words post- structural feminist theory.

1. 1. Mobile period tracker apps and personalisation : Creating a personalised design that meets the diverse needs of people who menstruate

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Aliaksandra Shauchuk; [2023]
   Keywords : Period trackers; personalisation; femtech; reproductive health technologies; feminist HCI; post-structural feminism;

   Abstract : The popularity of mobile period tracker apps, designed to help women track their periods and fertility, has skyrocketed over the past decade. The target audience is people who menstruate, most often women. There are numerous articles on personalisation in mobile apps, but personalisation in mobile period tracker apps has been little studied. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender in Cyber policy, is it really necessary? : A critical analysis of gender in EU’s cybersecurity policy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emmie Linden; [2022]
   Keywords : EU; cybersecurity policy; gender; human rights; women’s rights; securitization; post- structural feminist theory; policy discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Cyberspace offers many opportunities but is also a very hostile place for women. Studies claim that women are disproportionally affected by certain cybercrimes and suffer frequent rights violations in cyberspace. READ MORE

4. 3. Sexy 16-Year-Old Baby-Eater: Gendered, Sexualized, and Racialized Discourses in Exalted, Second Edition

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Niels-Martin Ström Josefsen; [2021-11-26]
   Keywords : Roleplaying games; Exalted; feminist post-structural discourse analysis; representation; geek culture; race; gender; sexuality; Dungeons Dragons; discourses; White Wolf; misogyny; fantasy; genre subversion; social constructivism; media tropes; monstrous women; monstrous motherhood; infantilization; trans representation; sexualization; animalization;

   Abstract : Previous research finds roleplaying games, as well as the wider spectrum of geek culture that they exist within, to be defined by discourses favoring a white, heterosexual, cis-male viewpoint, drawing up and reproducing stereotypes and tropes that are inherently misogynist, homophobic, and racist. Heretofore, research into discourses of gender, sexuality, and race in roleplaying games has focused overwhelmingly on market leader Dungeons & Dragons (1971- ongoing), largely neglecting to scrutinize other well-established titles that may adhere to or break from the same tendencies. READ MORE

5. 4. Representations of motherhood in Erdrich’s Love Medicine and Morisson’s Beloved

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Linnea Hallström; [2017]
   Keywords : Motherhood; Erdrich; Morrison; feminist theory;

   Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis of the African American author Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved and the Native American writer Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine. The focus of this essay will be the theme motherhood. READ MORE

6. 5. The bomber behind the veil and the ferocious fighter: A study of media representations of male and female suicide bombers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lidia Garcia Guijarro; [2013]
   Keywords : male; female; suicide bomber; discourse analysis; Just Warrior and Beautiful Soul theory; post-structural theory; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Suicide bombings have become a widely used lethal weapon in violent conflicts around the world. These attacks have been committed by both men and women for almost three decades. Still, violent women are commonly perceived as the exception of the rule. READ MORE