Essays about: "queer position"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the words queer position.

1. 16. Can childfreedom be seen as an act of resistance? : An analysis of its effects on individual identity and the norm.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Asta Volunge (Volungeviciene); [2017]
   Keywords : Pronatalism; normativity; childfreedom; resistance; women; queer;

   Abstract : This thesis explores untheorized themes of pronatalism and childfreedom in Lithuania. Through an analysis of interviews of childfree women, I show the prevalence of a pronatalist norm in Lithuanian society, and how it’s challenged by the phenomenon of childfreedom. READ MORE

3. 17. SCREAM OF LOVE - a search for a body that is collective and free

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Indra Linderoth; [2016-06-17]
   Keywords : vibrations; voice; listening; performative writing; artistic research; queer position; femininity; dissonance; displacement; gentrification;

   Abstract : This is an experiment, several tryouts and me searching for vibrations. Vibrations in between the text and you as a reader; in between my body and an other (your?) body; in fear of loosing and a fear of not daring to let go and get lost. READ MORE

4. 18. Between Compassion and Privilege: Identity, Responsibility and Power Among Volunteers Engaged in Refugee Reception

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Daniel Mårs; [2016]
   Keywords : responsibility; orientalism; globalization; identity; emotions; volunteers; refugee reception; power; privilege; class; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Based on a research project on the refugee reception in Malmö, Sweden in the fall of 2015, this thesis explores how volunteers engaged in refugee related aid work acquire two conflicting identity positions. Through compassionate acts they orient between two poles: the refugees and the Swedish society. READ MORE

5. 19. The “Special” Minority: Western aid and LGBTI-activism in Kisumu, Kenya.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Sofia Nyrell; [2015]
   Keywords : reflexive ethnography; human rights; Western aid; cultural relativism; queer theory; African LGBTI-activism; non governmental organizations; mänskliga rättigheter; reflexiv etnografi; bidrag; kulturrelativism; queerteori; Afrikansk HBTQ-aktivism; NGOs; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : I denna uppsats används reflexiva etnografiska metoder för att problematisera relationen mellan bidrag från Väst, den Kenyanska samhälleliga kontexten och HBTQ-organisationer. Ett queerteoretisk, intersektionellt perspektiv används för att undersöka ämnen som bidrag, bidragskrav, mänskliga rättigheter och kulturrelativism för att förstå hur bidrag från Västerländska institutioner som NGOs och myndigheter påverkar arbetet som görs av HBTQ-rättsaktivister i Kisumu, Kenya. READ MORE

6. 20. "You don't always like your sisters, but you always love them" : Trans feminine accounts of misogyny, sisterhood and difference in New York City

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Alexander Alvina Chamberland; [2015]
   Keywords : Trans feminine; sisterhood; trans-sisterhood; femi-negativity; trans-misogyny; New York City; trans women; femininity; intersectionality; Transfeminin; systerskap; trans-systerskap; femi-negativitet; trans-misogyni; New York City; transkvinnor; femininitet; intersektionalitet;

   Abstract : This thesis examines six trans feminine informants in New York City's experiences of oppression, trans-misogyny, femi-negativity, racism, and classism, as well as their experiences of community support, conflicts and resistance practices through the lens of the term sisterhood and the practice of sisterhooding. Focus has also been placed on the informant's views on allyship and coalition, and their relationship to other communities, such as the trans masculine community. READ MORE