Popular culture studies

The field of gender studies is an area of interdisciplinary study that analyzes the social aspect of gender and how it relates to different subcategories of life. It explores what it entitles to be female or male; and the experiences a person may encounter due to their gender, sexuality, race, class, etc. Because gender studies analyzes the social aspect of gender, it coherently applies to the subcategory of gender in the workplace. In most fields and professions gender has an effect on the way…

writers. The poll indicated that 52 percent of respondents to the study identified as bisexual, lesbian, or gay (Bury 2005). Additionally, tumblr user centrumlumina recently conducted a massive online poll of users from popular fanficton site “AO3”. In response to the question “What sexuality(s) do you identify as?”, only 29% of 4,000 of responders identified as heterosexual. Furthermore, in response to the question “Do you identify as belonging to a gender, sexual, or romantic minority?”, 53%…

In both “The Princess Paradox” by James Poniewozik and “Cinderella and Princess Culture” by Peggy Orenstein, the princess culture is agreed upon; however, the authors vary their opinions of how the fairytail dream of pink dresses and sparkly crowns came to be. Poniewozik opens up his article by addressing the “kick-ass culture,” while Orenstein focuses on how princesses have diminished the feeling of confidence and independence that young girls should experience. While some may believe that…

The culture of a College determines the atmosphere of the College and decides the reputation that the College gets over time. College culture is an important deciding factor when choosing a College. After doing research on the College I want to attend, I have decided that I like it even more. The culture of my chosen College seems to be good and I get the feeling that everyone there wants to help new students…

simple enough term that doesn’t need defining, but our bodies are more than the physical form we take or the fleshy suit we occupy. The Oxford English Dictionary has over 20 definitions of body from many different disciplines, and in American cultural studies the term body comes from theology (mind/body dualism), social contract theory, and complex gender theorists like Judith Butler (Cherniavsky, 2014). Through these different theories, the body becomes a symbol and projection of many ideals in…

negative effects, fewer positive effects, and higher levels of stress (John & Gross, 2007; Schutte et al., 2009). Based from the study found by Nolen-Hoeksema and Aldao (2011), they found gender differences in a wide range of emotion regulation strategies in a large (n >1,300) community sample of women and men ranging from 25 to 75 years of age. According to Nolen, a study before found that women were more likely than men to report engaging in most types of emotion regulation. Some of…

history and culture in its films, most will agree that Disney’s portrayals are highly inaccurate. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is that Disney is working to better portray non-American cultures and history in their films. Whereas some are convinced that Disney has and still is inaccurately representing the history and culture of many other people such as the Chinese and Native Americans, others believe that Disney is now beginning to accurately portray Polynesian history and…

Cultures within the United States, as well as other countries around the world, possess certain gender normality’s, values, identities, and roles. While growing up, children learn from the people they are surrounded by. This socialized process of enculturation introduces the foundation of certain cultural gender roles, typically associated with biological sex. According to Lisa Gezon and Conrad Kottak in their book Cultural Anthropology (2014), gender roles are defined as the “tasks and…

I have interpreted patriarchal hegemony and Diaspora through multiple perspectives presented in both novels Maps for Lost Lovers (2004) and Season of the Rainbirds (1993) in the light postcolonial feminist theorists in order to support my arguments. The structure of Pakistani society has been derived through the construction of gender roles in obedience to the Islamic law. Both novels challenge the idea of Muslim society dominated by men in former colonial situation. The picture of Patriarchal…

and filtered through gendered lenses, with the Masculine taking the role of protector of the Feminine, or those who need protecting. This essay will analyse the importance of gender when it comes to U.S. foreign policy, using Andrew Rotter’s case study of U.S.-India relations during the Cold War,…