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1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

   Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Författare :Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
   Nyckelord :antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. LÄS MER

3. 2. Reklam för vad, kläder eller kroppar? : En multimodal kritisk diskursanalys om hur skönhetsideal framställs i Lindex kampanj ”Reinvent the Model”

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

   Författare :Emelie Lundgren; Alma Wikberg; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Beauty standards; advertising; fashion industry; femvertising; woke; multimodal critical discourse analysis;

   Sammanfattning : Marketing is crucial to the success of any company, and in line with an increased emphasis on sustainability, many companies now include sustainability issues in their communications. The clothing company Lindex's campaign ”Reinvent the Model” aims to reshape the female ideal and promote diversity in their marketing. LÄS MER

4. 3. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

   Författare :Hedda Lindstedt Grahn; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Kabbalah; the Zohar; Jewish mysticism; Medieval; Bodies; Impurity;

   Sammanfattning : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. LÄS MER

5. 4. Måltidens ljus och hungerns rus : Kroppar, känslor och mat i Bröd och mjölk av Karolina Ramqvist och Ut ur min kropp av Sara Meidell

   Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Författare :Lotte Flodin; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Fiction; Female Autobiography; Eating disorders; Food; Body; Autonomy;

   Sammanfattning : This essay explores two fictional works about problematic eating by female writers in Sweden published in 2022: Bröd och mjölk by Karolina Ramqvist and Ut ur min kropp by Sara Meidell. The study aims to analyze how bodies and subjects are shaped through food, eating, and starvation. LÄS MER

7. 5. #DeGenderFashion : A Visual Analysis of How Fashion Is Used to Challenge Gender Norms and Heteronormative Expectations

   Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Författare :Alexandra Edelsbrunner; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Fashion Theory; Gender Theory; Social Media Activism; Identity; Cultural Studies; Gender Norms;

   Sammanfattning : The study aims to answer the question of whether fashion can communicate meaning, by addressing how creators on Instagram challenge dominant gender norms through fashion, with a focus on the activist movement of #DeGenderFashion. The research questions will be answered using fashion theory and gender theory as guiding points, with literature on social media activism, representations of gender, and cultural studies giving further insight into the dynamics of the movement. LÄS MER