Essays about: "stereotype representation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words stereotype representation.

1. 21. The Black Man Behind the Ape : Kong as the “Other” in the Film and Novelization of King Kong.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jessika Strandberg; [2014]
   Keywords : King Kong; Kong; masculinity; ethnicity; otherness; American society in 1930;

   Abstract : This essay is a study of the film and novelization of the story of King Kong from the 1930’s. The aims of this paper are to analyze ways in which the character Kong represents the stereotypical image of the black male that existed in American society in 1930 by applying theories of masculinity and ethnicity and how they combined make Kong a representation of an Other. READ MORE

3. 22. Subverting stereotypes and surpassing disregard: a case study of Asian Americans' self and group representation on YouTube

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Cecilia Thulin; [2013]
   Keywords : Stereotypes; Rasism; Hater Comments; Online Racism; Racism; Community; Yellow Identity; YouTube; Asian Americans; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the development of Asian American YouTube channels. Since the mainstream media are not offering any characters which are a fair representation of Asians, YouTube has become an outlet for Asian Americans to represent themselves. READ MORE

4. 23. Western NGOs representation of“Third World women” : - A comparative study of Kvinna till Kvinna (Sweden) and Women for Women International (USA)

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Jessica Hansson; Malin Henriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : “Third World women”; representation; generalization; stereotype; NGO;

   Abstract : The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine how two Western women‟s NGOs represent women in the “Third World”. The examined cases are the progressive NGOs Kvinna till Kvinna (Sweden) and the American counterpart Women for Women International (US).Qualitative research methodology has been utilized throughout this study. READ MORE

5. 24. Western images of China : media representations of Chinese attempts to invest in Saab

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Shanna Xu; Pengzhan You; [2012]
   Keywords : media representation; orientalism; racialization; stereotype; images of China;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe Western images of China by focusing on media representations of Chinese attempts to invest in Saab. Theories of media representation, orientalism, racialization and stereotype are applied and used in the qualitative discourse analysis in order to find out if there are orientalist and racialized stereotypes in the material. READ MORE

6. 25. WOMEN'S FASHION MAGAZINES IN JAPAN : Women vs. Women's Fashion Magazines in Relation to Self-image Creation and Consumption

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Xing Luo; [2008]
   Keywords : stereotype representation; female consumption - Japan; Women s fashion magazines - Japan; self-image creation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study examines how Japanese women have been portrayed in women's fashion magazines and tests how women's fashion magazines have affected female readers? self-image creations and consumption behaviour. To this end, five copies magazines were selected for visual analysis to analyze the portrayals of Japanese women in the magazines from a gender perspective. READ MORE