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Bad Language in Reality: A study of swear words, expletives and gender in reality television
(2014-04-28)
This essay is a study on swearing in modern English on television from a sociolinguistic point of view, taking into account the effect that variables such as nationality, social class and gender might have on the expletive ...
Familjekära chefer och opersonliga ledare En studie om reproducering av stereotypa könsroller i intervjuer med kvinnliga och manliga chefer i Dagens industri
(2014-02-12)
Title: Familjära chefer och opersonliga ledare – en studie om reproducering av stereotypa könsroller i intervjuer med kvinnliga och manliga chefer i Dagens industri
Authors: Linnéa Pettersson and Lovisa Waldeck
Subject: ...
Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective
(2014-02-21)
The aim of the present study is to investigate the overall frequency of hedges,
boosters and tag questions in a selected number of episodes of the TV show The Big
Bang Theory, and whether or not there are any gender ...
Power, politics, and gender-related epistemic modality in interview discourse
(2014-10-08)
To examine usage, distribution and function of gender-related
epistemic modality in the form of hedges and boosters in political
interviews and compare the present findings with those of previous
studies.
Methods: A ...
KONSTEN ATT KONSUMERA - En kvalitativ studie om föreställningar, materialitet och identitet inom Every Day Carry
(2014-06-12)
The purpose of this thesis is to study how today’s consumer society can be understood from an
analysis of the phenomenon Every Day Carry (EDC). The aim is thus to problematize the daily use
of the artifacts that surrounds ...
Atopon. En intersektionell studie över svenska gymnasieungdomars tal om religion, etnicitet, klass och kön
(2014-07-01)
This master’s thesis problematizes how students in two Swedish secondary schools think and speak about, and relate to, topics such as gender, class, ethnicity, religion and sex, but also how they move in, make use of, and ...
Den genusbärande slöjden - En väv av socialt, ekonomiskt och kulturellt kapital
(2014-07-02)
This study examines how various crafts are linked to the performer's gender and discusses the
various factors that lead to the prevailing gender division between hard and soft crafts.
Woodworking and metal crafts are ...
A modern shining princess. An intertextual analysis of the transformation of Princess Kaguya and the Okina from Taketori Monogatari in Reiko Shimizu's manga Kaguya Hime.
(2014-03-04)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the intertextual relationship between the classic
Japanese folktale Taketori Monogatari and the Japanese comic (manga) Kaguya Hime that is based on the folktale. Focus lies in ...
Ett sätt att skapa fler normer på scenen
(2014-07-17)
Jag har närmat mig Yat-tekniken ur en genuskontext för att se om det är möjligt att med den kunna göra mer medvetna val som skådespelare utifrån behovet av att inte följa den normativa bilden av vad en kvinna eller man ska ...
How equal are politicians really? An experiment about gender and the effects of gender stereotypes on the perception of politicians
(2014-04-11)
Experimental research in the US has shown that male and female politicians are evaluated differently. Such research has been lacking in a Nordic setting. By conducting an experiment on secondary education pupils in Sweden ...