Essays about: "romance"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 57 essays containing the word romance.

  1. 6. “I, a woman will fight them for you.” : An intersectional analysis of Lady Zhurong, the only woman to lead an army into battle in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Stina Hinderson; [2023]
    Keywords : Romance of the Three Kingdoms; Lady Zhurong; Nanman; Chinese literature; female character; female general; 三国演义，祝融夫人，南蛮，文学，女性角色，女将;

    Abstract : Beside the innumerable male characters in the Chinese classic, The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, there is one female general: Lady Zhurong (祝融夫人). This thesis addresses the research gap in studying the unique case of Lady Zhurong, the only woman in the novel that leads an army in battle. READ MORE

  3. 7. Time to Love: Romantic comedies and narratives of LOVE – from a Swedish context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Marianne Gabrielsson; [2022-08-23]
    Keywords : love; romcoms; masculine domination; doxa; embodiment; escapism;

    Abstract : This study explores the relation between love and romantic comedies, (aka romcoms), among people living in Sweden. Romcoms, being one of the most popular film genres ever, has often been subject to critique of not being serious enough and to derange people’s perceptions love. READ MORE

  4. 8. Ahtesham-Grunebaum-Stark’s The Tale of the Missing Man: a Dāstāṃ of a Bhopālī Lāpatā

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : S Tareq Khan; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Mazoor Ahtesham is a renowned writer in the modern Hindi literature. He is one of the fewMuslim voices in the modern Hindi literary canon.2 He gives a detailed picture of the Muslim society, which is undergoing a change within and, at the same time, is confronted by the change outside. READ MORE

  5. 9. Wicca and Witchcraft on Instagram : a study of femininity and empowerment within the wicca and witchcraft movements as portrayed on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Siri Sofie Premfors; [2022]
    Keywords : Wicca; Witchcraft; Instagram; Feminism; Empowerment;

    Abstract : In this essay, I have examined how wicca and witchcraft interacts with femininity and female empowerment. Wicca and witchcraft have become popular new-age movements which has a large presence online, where different accounts post content relation to their beliefs and practises. READ MORE

  6. 10. Representations of Women and Gender relations in Jamaican Tourism Promotional Marketing: An analysis of visual images on Jamaica’s national DMO website.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Shailee Parasnis; [2022]
    Keywords : tourism images; male gaze; tourist gaze; gender stereotypes; ethnic stereotypes; sexualization; Jamaica; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Tourism images and representations depict women in a stereotypical way where men and women are represented differently. Like much advertising, women in tourism promotional marketing are sexualized and exoticized. Destinations are promoted through the use of the female body. READ MORE