Essays about: "representation women"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 386 essays containing the words representation women.
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21. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : 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
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22. Using Gender Quotas to Legitimise Non-Democracies : A critical discourse analysis of the Algerian gender quota
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines a gender quota in Algeria to determine if signs can be found that it was adopted to improve the regime’s image, rather than to empower women. Such symbolic gender reforms are also known as autocratic gender-washing and are problematic as they are generally viewed as democratisation efforts but have no such effect. READ MORE
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23. Why Educating Girls Is More Important? : Human Capital, Human Rights and Capability approaches to the Importance of Girls’ Education
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : Girls’ education is one of the main attributes that contribute to the development of a nation and society. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the girls’ education is discursively constructed by the development agencies promoting girls’ education. READ MORE
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24. ”Which way, western woman?” : An Intersectional Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis on the portrayals of women on YouTube web-TV channel ’Riks’
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokratiAbstract : In Sweden, the web-TV channel Riks which is a media initiative on YouTube by nationalist political party Sweden Democrats, has gained popularity contributing to the normalization of nationalist discourses. The aim of this study is to analyze how the discursive and visual construction and representation of women on Riks are created in nationalist discourse. READ MORE
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25. Twice as good as others (and still discriminated) : Successful Romani Women representation in the Czech and Slovak media
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : Stigmatisation of Romani women is the rule rather than the exception in many countries around Europe, something that has also been confirmed through research. That is one reason why I have chosen to highlight successful Romani women in this study. READ MORE