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  1. 1. Unsettling Norms : Negotiating Dominant Culture in 'The Addams Family'

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Madelina Barve; [2023]
    Keywords : Popular Culture; Counter-Hegemony; The Addams Family; Genre; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the three most popular and acclaimed live-action versions of The AddamsFamily, those being the 1964-1966 sitcom The Addams Family, the 1993 film Addams FamilyValues, and Netflix’s 2022 series Wednesday, to understand how these popular culture textsnegotiate dominant norms and culture in American society. These iterations cover sixty years of cultural negotiation on non-conformity and each attend to a specific politics of conformity in their time. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gender differences in swearing in American sitcom: types and reasons

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Tanzima Mahmud; [2023]
    Keywords : Swearing; swear words; gender roles; television sitcoms;

    Abstract : The essay is a study on gender differences in the use of swearing on television. Data collected for the thesis is from the American sitcom Shameless. The work of Lakoff (1975) on women’s language and Stapleton’s (2010) study done on gender differences on the use of expletive in both genders are drawn on as the theoretical considerations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Idioms in the Classroom : A qualitative study of teaching English idiomatic expressions in Swedish schools

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Ana Popovic; [2020]
    Keywords : idioms; idiomatic expressions; figurative language; pedagogy;

    Abstract : According to research, “out of the different types of nonliteral expressions, idioms are the most frequently encountered in discourse. Without a knowledge of idiomatic expressions a nonnative speaker can never fully understand an English movie, sitcom or even the news” (Burke, 1998: 149). READ MORE

  5. 4. Translating Similes into Swedish and Finnish in the Subtitles of How I Met Your Mother

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Emma Heikkinen; [2018]
    Keywords : similes; audiovisual translation; subtitles; sitcom;

    Abstract : Similes are present in all kinds of verbal communication as they can exemplify difficult concepts by comparing them to more familiar ones, create unique imagery by combining two unexpected topics or help a person express their thoughts more accurately. However, they can be problematic to translate, especially in subtitles, where both time and space are limited. READ MORE

  6. 5. Are there gender differences in the use
 of questions in the sitcom Friends? : A case study of four episodes from 1994 and 2004

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Elin Jansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Form and function of questions; differences in question use; gender differences; gender roles over time; Nyckelord: Form och funktion av frågor; skillnader i frågeanvändande; genusskillnader; genusroller över tiden
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    Abstract : The main aim of this paper was to identify the form and function of questions used by the three female and three male characters in the sitcom Friends, in order to see whether there were any gender differences in the use of questions. Another aim was to see whether gender roles remain static over time in the series, from 1994 to 2004. READ MORE