Sökning: "genre subversion"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden genre subversion.

  1. 1. Sexy 16-Year-Old Baby-Eater: Gendered, Sexualized, and Racialized Discourses in Exalted, Second Edition

    Master-uppsats, Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Författare :Niels-Martin Ström Josefsen; [2021-11-26]
    Nyckelord :Roleplaying games; Exalted; feminist post-structural discourse analysis; representation; geek culture; race; gender; sexuality; Dungeons Dragons; discourses; White Wolf; misogyny; fantasy; genre subversion; social constructivism; media tropes; monstrous women; monstrous motherhood; infantilization; trans representation; sexualization; animalization;

    Sammanfattning : Previous research finds roleplaying games, as well as the wider spectrum of geek culture that they exist within, to be defined by discourses favoring a white, heterosexual, cis-male viewpoint, drawing up and reproducing stereotypes and tropes that are inherently misogynist, homophobic, and racist. Heretofore, research into discourses of gender, sexuality, and race in roleplaying games has focused overwhelmingly on market leader Dungeons & Dragons (1971- ongoing), largely neglecting to scrutinize other well-established titles that may adhere to or break from the same tendencies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Bland drakar och troll : Fantasygenrens problematiska arv och outnyttjade potential i undervisningen

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Författare :Petter Nordmark; [2018]
    Nyckelord :fantasy; fantastik; raser; rasbiologiska uttryck; läckage; omstörtning;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to analyze two works within the fantasy and the fantastic genre, Eragon by Christopher Paolini and Border by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and how ideas of race are expressed in either work. This study will also discuss how racial elements in fantasy can be utilized in education, both to problematize those ideas as well as how they can be used as a resource to gain some new perspectives from a didactic perspective. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Läsning som feber och passion : Om det kvinnliga subjektet som läsare i Madame Bovary, Vattenmelonen och Bridget Jones dagbok

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

    Författare :Anna Bergström; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Läsning; genre; realistisk roman; chick lit; feminism; Judith Butler; subjekt; performativitet; Madame Bovary; Vattenmelonen; Bridget Jones dagbok;

    Sammanfattning : This papers purpose is to compare the female protagonist as a subject and reader in Madame Bovary, Watermelon and Bridget Jones´s diary. The aim is feministic, where Judith Butler’s concepts of subjectivity and performativity have been used besides the method of close reading. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Laying Bare the Moral Dilemma of Imperial Politics:

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Kerstin Nielsen; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Subversion of the Conventional Adventure Story; Imperialism; Advenure Genre; Ideology; Intertextuality; Adaptation from Literature to Film; Narratology; Subversion of the Conventional War Film; Ambiguity; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Both Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now are regarded as outstanding works in their respective field of art. Their reputation rests partly on their artistic value and partly on their preoccupation with topics which were highly relevant at the time of their publication/release. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Parallel Worlds in British Fantasy Film

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Jelena Irina Deutscher; [2010]
    Nyckelord :Otherworld; Tolkien; Todorov; Subversion; Stardust; Secondary World; Narnia; Multiverse; Magic Time; Magic Space; Magical Worlds; Legitimation; Jackson; Harry Potter; Film; Fantasyland; Fantasy; The Fantastic; Faerie; Crosshatch; Britishness; Alternative World; Alternate Reality; Parallel Universe; Parallelwelt; Parallel World; Primary World; Polder; Portal; Wonderland; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with the representation of fantasy in modern film with special regards to parallel-world stories. In order to demarcate parallel worlds from other types of magical worlds in fantasy stories, the thesis contains an extensive chapter of definitions. LÄS MER