Sökning: "Hijra"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet Hijra.

1. 1. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Författare :Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. LÄS MER

3. 2. The social struggle of being HIJRA in Bangladesh - cultural aspiration between inclusion and illegitimacy

   Magister-uppsats, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Författare :Tove Stenqvist; [2015]
   Nyckelord :hijra; discourse; online media; norms; gender; social constructivism;

   Sammanfattning : The hijra subculture in Bangladesh remains one of the most marginalized and violated minority groups in Bangladesh. However, with recent legislative change in Bangladesh, the group has gained legal recognition in that a third official gender has been introduced. LÄS MER

4. 3. A Long Journey towards Social Inclusion: Initiatives of Social Workers for Hijra Population in Bangladesh

   Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Författare :Tahmina Habib; [2013-03-12]
   Nyckelord :Hijra; social works; gender Identity; legal supports; social inclusion; religious and social norm; mainstream society; government;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the recent social position of hijra as well as with the way social workers work with these people and the impact of their work. The aim of the study has been investigated by exploring the research questions focused on the perspectives of the hijra about their social acceptance, the addressing issues about social problem of hijra, working approach and actions by the social workers for social inclusion of hijra, the challenging experience of social work with hijra population and the way the initiatives for hijra including are them in the society. LÄS MER