Essays about: "young chinese women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words young chinese women.

1. 1. Transforming Heterotopia : Exploring how Women Danmei Fans Explore Gender, Build Community, and Circumvent Censorship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Xinwen Hu; [2023]
   Keywords : Danmei fandom; Chinese subculture; fanfiction; Censorship; Cultural studies;

   Abstract : Danmei fandom is a subcultural community of young women in China. In the context of strict online censorship in China, they engage in the practices of writing, sharing, and reading Danmei fanfic, which is fan secondary works that focuses on the romantic relationship between male characters in media content and popular culture productions. READ MORE

3. 2. Making her feel like a fairy : a study of young women engaging with selfie applications in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Yilin Yang; [2022]
   Keywords : selfie; media engagement; self-representation; the gaze; human body; audience research; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It’s not unusual for young people these days to take and edit a selfie. With the rise of consumerist culture and the popularity of mobile Internet, nowadays selfie applications, including beauty cameras and photo-beautification applications, have become the most well-accepted products/brands among Chinese women, who have grown accustomed to showing only one exquisitely edited face in digital photos without any dirt or blemishes. READ MORE

4. 3. When Work Disappears: Empirical Evidence from Sweden of Manufacturing Decline and its Effect on Marriage and Family Formation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Mika Lindgren; Sara Östros; [2022]
   Keywords : Bartik instrument; labor market shocks; import competition; marriage; fertility;

   Abstract : This thesis examines if local labor demand shocks stemming from increasing manufacturing competition from China shifts the employment status among young adults during the years 1995 to 2018, using data on Swedish municipalities. In the context of labor market uncertainties and family formation decisions, we aim to test whether changes in economic stature affects marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. Going towards a ‘perfect’ life : A qualitative study on urban middle-class young married women’s experiences and prospects on marriage life in China

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

   Author : Jiayu Xu; [2022]
   Keywords : Urban middle-class young women; Marriage; Suzhi; Governance ideology; China; Critical discursive psychology; Interpretative repertoires; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The self-evident contradictory governance ideology of the Chinese Communist Party leads to urban-born young middle-class Chinese women struggling between seeking one’s own path with the discourse of ‘individualism’ under the neoliberal market economy and conforming to the traditional role in the family of patriarchal culture. This is reflected in the increasing prominent phenomena of getting married later (after age 25). READ MORE

6. 5. Reading the information in applications is like eating fast food” : Motherhood and social media

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Qimei Chen; [2017]
   Keywords : Social media; mothers; health; China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research explores young mothers' usage of social media to obtain child-rearing information in mainland China. I interviewed 11 Chinese women with the different background of their everyday social media practices. READ MORE