Search for dissertations about: "female masculinity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words female masculinity.
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1. Creating a Man, a Mouse or a Monster? : Masculinityas Formulated by Syrian Female Novelists through the Second Half of the 20thCentury
Abstract : This literary study examines the formulation of masculinity in Syrian novels authored by women. The thesis covers the period between 1959 and 2000, corresponding to both the development of the female-authored novel in Syria and the creation of the modern Syrian state. READ MORE
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2. Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship
Abstract : In caregiving literature, it is often the female gender that has been the focus of attention, and in particular women’s unpaid labor. Studies also tend to make comparisons between men’s and women’s caregiving, using men’s caregiving experiences to show not only that women face greater burdens, but also that men’s needs can be minimized. READ MORE
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3. Reading Rap : Feminist Interventions in Men and Masculinity Research
Abstract : The present thesis explores how masculinity is constructed and negotiated in relation to race, class and sexuality in hip hop in Sweden. Theoretically, the study contributes to the increasing use of contemporary feminist theory in men and masculinity research. READ MORE
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4. 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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5. Women Entrepreneurship : Masculinity, Legitimacy and Well-being
Abstract : The overarching research purpose of this dissertation is to understand how women entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses in a patriarchal society. This research question is addressed through the compilation of four research papers. READ MORE