Essays about: "signifier"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 44 essays containing the word signifier.
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11. A Post-Structural Approach to Language Theory in Relation to Paul Auster’s City of Glass
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : Do words mirror reality? This question has been at the core of several linguistic disputes for decades. Several scholars have investigated the relationship between the signifier and the signified, and different literary theories suggest different approaches. READ MORE
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12. Why only women? : An interview study of individual members’ experiences and perceptions of the women-only online community Heja Livet!
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Why are women attracted to join women-only online communities and what are the affordances of these communities? This study is focusing on the signifier of the fourth-wave feminism – feminist activity online and the cultivation of online safe spaces. Sweden is often considered to be a gender-equal country but this study sheds light on the fact that women in Sweden still experience gender inequalities. READ MORE
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13. Turkish Yoke, Red Vampires, and Euro-Genderists: Strategies of de/legitimization in the debate around the Istanbul Convention in Bulgaria
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : In July 2018, Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejected the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (better known as the Istanbul Convention). This rejection came following a wave of civic activism, which scholars characterized as the first anti-gender campaign in Bulgaria. READ MORE
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14. ‘WE ARE AT WAR!" : THE ROLE OF EMMANUEL MACRON’S SPEECHES IN BUILDING A MEANING FOR “COVID-19”
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : Through discourse analysis, this thesis explores the way in which speeches delivered by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, during the health crisis of COVID-19 are creating a meaning for the floating signifier “COVID-19”. The methodological approach highlights how the discourse used is intrinsically gendered, both grammatically and conceptually, during the construction of meaning. READ MORE
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15. Feminist and Queer Noisemaking: An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality in Electronic Art Music
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : Men can be said to dominate the music industry, especially when it comes to composers and musicians who create experimental music and sounds which fall outside of mainstream music. Women and members of the LGBTQ+ community remain minorities within these genres, with little research being done on queer and feminist perspectives. READ MORE
