Essays about: "social constructions of gender"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words social constructions of gender.

1. 1. Diversifying a Museum Collection and the Politics of Representation : A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Acquisition Policies and Implementation of Diversity Strategies at Stockholm's Moderna Museet in the 21st Century

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Jonas van Kappel; [2024]
   Keywords : Moderna Museet; museum collections; art acquisition policies; diversity discourse; gender representation; intersectionality; queer studies; performativity; art donations; mixed-methods; museology;

   Abstract : Since 1958, Moderna Museet has housed Sweden’s largest collection of Swedish and international modern and contemporary art. This thesis examines the 21st-century collecting strategies and policy development of Moderna Museet, with a focus on diversity and representation, using intersectional theory and queer studies. READ MORE

3. 2. Transformative Gender Justice : Constructions of Justice, Violence, and Reparations for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northeastern Nigeria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Grayden Mills Tilley Prince; [2023]
   Keywords : Transformative Justice; Violence; Reparations; CRSV; Nigeria; GBV; Sexual Violence; Agency; Power; Gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Alongside global acknowledgements of the gendered nature of conflict, the academic field of transitional justice is shifting towards the newly emerging concept of transformative justice. Within this, reparations are particularly seen as the most agent-centric tool for structural transformation. READ MORE

4. 3. And the Prince Saved the Princess : A Content Analysis of Gender Representation and Stereotypes in EFL Coursebooks

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Julia Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : EFL coursebooks; Gender representation; Gender stereotypes; Heteronormativity; Performativity; Upper secondary school;

   Abstract : This study focuses on gender representation and stereotypes in Swedish EFL coursebooks. The aim is to investigate how men and women are described and depicted in texts to examine the occurrence of gender stereotypes and to what degree equal gender representation in images occurs in Swedish EFL coursebooks aimed at the English 5 course in upper secondary school. READ MORE

5. 4. A feminist critical discourse analysis of Sida’s gender ideology

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Clara Viklund Bornhauser; [2022]
   Keywords : Postcolonial theory; International development cooperation; empowerment; intersectionality; power systems;

   Abstract : This study offers a feminist critical discourse analysis of how Sida’s discourses can be viewed as consolidating a gender ideology and power asymmetries in gendered social orders. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) offer the theoretical and methodological framework to the investigation of gender ideology in Sida’s discourses. READ MORE

6. 5. 'Men in Grey Suits': Androcentric Language in the House of Commons : A Corpus-Assisted Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Pauline Alkenäs; [2022]
   Keywords : Androcentrism; House of Commons; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Hansard at Huddersfield Corpus; Male Bias;

   Abstract : Whilst the number of women in the British Parliament increases in line with social progress towards gender equality, androcentric language use in the House of Commons prevails and perpetuates a harmful outdated hierarchical order of gender. The aims of this study are two-fold, (1) to gain insight into how androcentric occupational titles are used to negotiate the hierarchical structure of the Chamber, (2) to explore how MPs’ male bias is reflected by their use of androcentric generic nouns. READ MORE