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  1. 1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

    Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

  3. 2. She Can Go Where She Will : Representations of Female Bicyclists in Late 19th-Century and Early 20th-Century Literature by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Richardson, Grant Allen, George F. Hall, and Alice Meynell

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Anna Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : bicycling women characters; late 19th-century and early 20th-century British and American literature; freedom; emancipation; feminism; gender; the New Woman; cyklande kvinnliga karaktärer; sen 1800-tals- och tidig 1900-talslitteratur från Storbritannien och USA; frihet; frigörelse; feminism; genus; the New Woman;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how representations of bicycling women in literary works by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Richardson, Grant Allen, George F. Hall, and Alice Meynell express mental and physical freedoms that had previously been denied women due to archaic societal norms. READ MORE

  4. 3. Local Entertainers in Cebu, Philippines Entertainment and Sex Work: The Struggle for Empowerment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Judith Loyzaga Skoglund; [2023-12-18]
    Keywords : Philippines; entertainer; empowerment; pragmatism; stigmatization; sex worker; prostitution;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine why local women in Cebu, Philippines, chose to work as entertainers and sex workers. It will examine how their occupation affect their daily lives, in regard to their economy and their social relations with their families, colleagues and customers. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Decline of Women's Rights : A Case Study About Women's Rights in Afghanistan

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Clara Lindvall; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Women all around the world struggle with issues related to gender equality and the patriarchy in many different ways. The women of Afghanistan are one of the groups of women most affected by misogynistic regimes and informal institutions. READ MORE

  6. 5. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Keywords : Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE