Search for dissertations about: "gender logic"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words gender logic.
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1. Battling the "invisible nets" : gender in the fields of journalism in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : Battling the ‘invisible nets’ studies journalism as a gendered practice in sub-Saharan Africa. This thesis analyses the gender logic in the field of journalism by examining how structures of gender, class and race interact to create barriers and opportunities for black women journalists and media managers. READ MORE
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2. FE/MALE asymmetries of gender and sexuality
Abstract : This thesis elicits logic of gender and sexuality from modern written material on psychiatric assessment of transsexualism in Sweden. Asymmetries of gender and sexuality with regard to females vs. males are analysed. READ MORE
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3. Uncontainable Life : A Biophilosophy of Bioart
Abstract : Uncontainable Life: A Biophilosophy of Bioart investigates the ways in which thinking through the contemporary hybrid artistico-scientific practices of bioart is a biophilosophical practice, one that contributes to a more nuanced understanding of life than we encounter in mainstream academic discourse. When examined from a Deleuzian feminist perspective and in dialogue with contemporary bioscience, bioartistic projects reveal the inadequacy of asking about life’s essence. READ MORE
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4. The Right Kind of Queer: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Constructions of Swedishness
Abstract : Recent years have seen an increased mobilisation of LGBT rights in nationalist projects of (non-)belonging. This thesis provides new insights into the role played by race, sexuality, and gender in these projects by examining contemporary constructions of Swedishness. READ MORE
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5. A typology of classifiers and gender : From description to computation
Abstract : Categorization is one the most relevant tasks realized by humans during their life, as we consistently need to categorize the things and experience that we encounter. Such need is reflected in language via various mechanisms, the most prominent being nominal classification systems (e.g. READ MORE