Essays about: "romance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 essays containing the word romance.

  1. 11. The new Cinderella's Identity Confusion : in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Linnea Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Identity confusion; gender roles; gender norms; queer; cyberqueer; performativity; precarity;

    Abstract : The fairy tale of Cinderella is known for its romance, but she seeks independence while being confused by her identity in a new version by Marissa Meyer called Cinder. This essay will present how Meyer’s Cinderella, Cinder, confuses the gender roles by taking on both feminine and masculine ones. READ MORE

  3. 12. Mass Effect: A utopia free from queer people?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Jasper Falk; Theo Flejmer; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : A small set of qualitative interviews were held to explore the thoughts and choices of queer players of the Mass Effect trilogy. The participants‘ discussions and answers were transcribed and analyzed with the support of texts about compulsory heteronormativity, queer theory, Huizinga’s magic circle, as well as the charmed circle. READ MORE

  4. 13. Phasal adverbials in the Romance languages

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Mar Santamaría Vaquer; [2021]
    Keywords : phasal polarity; aspect; adverbs; Romance languages; fasal polaritet; aspekt; adverb; romanska språk;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the equivalents of the words already, still, not yet and no longer in the Romance languages. These concepts constitute an onomasiological domain located in the periphery of aspect that have come to be known as phasal polarity expressions. READ MORE

  5. 14. Browsing in nuances : Using ethnographic research to design for the experience of browsing.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Zakiya Pierre; [2021]
    Keywords : Interaction design; Ethnographic research; romance novels; search engine.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse the behaviour of an “analogue search engine”, created by the romance novel community. The existing commercial recommendation systems for romance novels are found lacking, as they fail to fill the requirements of the user group. READ MORE

  6. 15. Competing in Misery : Incels and self-worth, community and staying on the forum

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Karlén; [2021]
    Keywords : incels; involuntary celibate; the manosphere; self-worth; community building;

    Abstract : In recent years, a group known as “Incels” has caught the public eye. The group consists ofmen who believe themselves to be in “involuntary celibacy”, without the means to ever finda sexual or romantic partner. READ MORE