Fashion embodies what is accepted and valued in a given culture or society and empowers individuals by building self-confidence, enabling them to express themselves authentically through their bodies and garments. The gender binary, perpetuated by the mainstream fashion industry, marginalizes individuals who do not conform to it. In Rebelution 17, I utilize clothing design and photography to empower and liberate individuals who do not conform to the standards of beauty in regards to gender identity and acceptability. The finished works are featured in a Lookbook – a digital and physical collection of photographs used to market fashion – designed to promote awareness of gender-neutral fashion and deconstruct industry norms. Rebelution 17 can be viewed online at www.francescainocentes.com.

Moje diplomová práce se věnuje tomu, jakým způsobem přistupují vyučující na druhém stupni základních škol k dívkám a chlapcům, kteří jsou genderově atypičtí. Tedy k dětem, kteří nesplňují představu "správné" dívky či "správného" chlapce z hlediska genderového řádu společnosti a nějakým způsobem se těmto představám vymykají (v rovině osobnostní, vzhledové či behaviorální). Ve výzkumu se zajímám o zkušenost vyučujících s těmito dětmi, o charakteristiky, jenž jsou podle nich genderově atypické, jak tyto děti podle nich přijímá kolektiv či učitelský sbor, apod., avšak podstatou mého zkoumání je zjistit, jaký postoj vůči těmto dětem učitelé a učitelky zaujímají a co jej ovlivňuje. Z výsledků výzkumu pak vyplývá, že existuje určitá typologie postojů vyučujících k genderově atypickým dětem, přičemž jednotlivé postoje vyučujících jsou ovlivňovány mnoha faktory. Faktor, který se ukázal jako nejdůležitější, protože významně ovlivňuje to, zda se bude jedna spíše o pozitivní či negativní přijetí dítěte, je to, zda projevy atypického dítěte narušují či znesnadňují vyučování a práci vyučujícího, nikoliv pouhá skutečnost, že je dítě genderově atypické. Tato práce je tvořena dvěma částmi: teoretickou a empirickou. V teoretické části se zabývám informacemi, které jsou základem pro můj výzkum a v rámci celé práce z...

by Kung Siu Bing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-121). / Abstract and appendix in English and Chinese. / by Kung Siu Bing. / Abstract --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Abbreviations used for the four literary works --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Femininity and Masculinity --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Androgyny --- p.51 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Sex，Gender and Sexual Identity --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Multiple Selves --- p.102 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.112 / Works Cited --- p.114 / Appendix I Chinese version of quotations of Shuang Shen --- p.122 / Appendix II Table of major characters of Shuang Shen and The Illusionist --- p.126

Leung Hoi Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-82). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; questionnaire in Chinese. / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- Literature Review / Chapter A. --- The concept of gender-role orientation and related studies --- p.5 / Chapter B. --- The concept of androgyny --- p.9 / Chapter C. --- "Related studies on gender-role orientation and the perception of ""gendered"" advertisements" --- p.12 / Chapter D. --- "Evaluation of ""gendered"" advertisements from a cultivation perspective and related studies" --- p.16 / Chapter E. --- The concepts of life style and socioeconomic status and their interaction with gender-role orientation --- p.21 / Chapter III. --- Hypotheses --- p.29 / Chapter IV. --- Methodology / Chapter A. --- Questionnaire design --- p.35 / Chapter B. --- Sample design --- p.39 / Chapter C. --- Variable construction --- p.41 / Chapter V. --- Results / Chapter A. --- Hypothesis testing --- p.48 / Chapter B. --- Further findings --- p.51 / Chapter C. --- Analysis --- p.60 / Chapter VI. --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.68 / Chapter VII. --- Appendices / Chapter A. --- Hypothesis model --- p.72 / Chapter B. --- Sample questionnaire --- p.73 / Chapter VIII. --- References --- p.77

A schooling system that claims to offer its students the opportunities to develop their talents and help towards self-determination in their adult lives might be expected to have a career structure itself that demonstrated these virtues, one in which there was equality of the genders in positions of influence and leadership, and no gender stereotyping of roles. Apart from the fairness and consistency of that expectation, it is also reasonable to expect the neutral template of teacher employment and textbook selection in schools. Many children may grow up with few books in their homes but lots of those in their schools. Many of the textbooks used in elementary schools, according to recent studies, contain gender stereotypes. In these, females are rarely found as central characters and when they appear at all, they are often passive figures dependent on male characters. Women are frequently shown in domestic roles / in most textbooks it is assumed that only males &#039 / go out to work&#039 / whereas daughters are the best helpers of their mothers whose sons are allowed to do what they wish. In the light of those allegations, this research is designed as a case study which addresses itself to the aim of looking into stereotyped gender role presentations existing in elementary school textbooks used by the students studying at 1st-5th grades in 2001/2002 academic year of an elementary school placed in Burdur and to see whether these students are affected by the exposure of those stereotyped gender role presentations. For this purpose, the textbooks being studied are analyzed according to pre-set categories to deduce how they include stereotyped gender role presentations and the evaluation of the effects of that exposure on students are made by asking 1st-3rd grade students to draw and 4th-5th grade students to write compositions on a given topic. This study also attempts to find out both whether Turkish elementary school teachers teaching at 1st-5th grades are aware of stereotyped gender role presentations in those textbooks that they use and their own points of view about stereotyped gender role presentations via interviews carried out with them. In conclusion, stereotyped gender role presentations are encountered in those analyzed school textbooks studied at 1st- 5th grades in 2001/2002 academic year of the elementary school placed in Burdur and the perceptions of those presentations are also obtained in the drawn and written productions of the students studied at the same school. Through the teachers&#039 / interviews, various kinds of perceptions towards gender role concept and its stereotyped presentations that take place in those textbooks are observed in their sayings

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of English, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. James O'Rourke, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 62 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:22:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-08-31Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:28:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oi_sk_me_ia.pdf: 6963676 bytes, checksum: 7b5bc366569f8605bbe3097bfab59f64 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A comunicação acessível estabelecida pelas imagens, fez com que as histórias em quadrinhos, obtivessem rápida aceitação por parte do público, pois trazem narrativas contadas por imagens. Tendo em sua maioria leitores masculinos, o termo HQ (histórias em quadrinhos) por muito tempo esteve vinculado a temas de super-heróis, violência e sexo, temáticas ligadas exclusivamente ao universo masculino. Visão esta intensificada quando analisamos a trajetória das histórias em quadrinho no mundo, pois foram poucos os mercados editoriais que destinaram uma pequena porcentagem de suas publicações ao mercado feminino. O Japão por outro lado, possui um segmento editorial forte, estável e especializado na publicação de histórias em quadrinhos direcionadas tanto ao público feminino juvenil (shôjo mangá) como ao adulto (josei mangá). A grande questão, no entanto, não seria a existência ou a falta de publicações direcionadas ao público feminino, mas sim, o que levaria as mulheres a comprarem histórias em quadrinhos, já que em muitos países, histórias em quadrinhos é sinônimo de homens. As histórias em quadrinhos femininas, portanto, passaram a enfatizar o lado psicológico e emocional dos personagens, aliando ficção e realidade, estratégia que passou cada vez mais a atrair e a cativar o público feminino. Além da reflexão sobre a inserção das histórias em quaderinhos no universo da Arte, esta pesquisa analisa e estuda a contribuição feminina na produção das histórias em quadrinhos japonesas, já que grande parte das características singulares dos mangás vem da contribuição desta pequena parcela de publicações e desenhistas femininas. A pesquisa se encerra com a produção e a apresentação de trabalhos plásticos de minha autoria, que representam uma síntese gráfica e estética de toda a dissertação. Narrativas como as de Genji Monogatari,... / The communication established by the available images, has meant that the stories in comics, achieve rapid acceptance by the public because it brought stories told by pictures. Having mostrly male readers, the term HQ (comics) for a long time been linked to issues of super-heroes, violence and sex, issues related exclusively to the male universe. Intensified this view when analyzing the trajectory of the comics in the world, because few markets tageted editorial that a small percentage of their publications to the women public. Japan on the other hand, has an editorial segment strong, stable and specialized in the publication of stories in comics targeted to noth the public juvenile female (shôjo manga) and the adult (josei manga). The big question, however, is not the existence or lack of publications targeted to the female public, but which lead women to buy comics, as in many stories in comics is synonymous of men. The stories in comic´s female, therefore, began to emphasize the psychological and emotional side of character, combining stories and real conflicts, strategy now increasingly to attract and capture the female audience. Besides the discussion on the integration of mangfa in the world of Art, this research analyzes and examines the contribution women in the production of Japanese comics, as most of the unique features in manga, comes from the contribution of this small portion of women´s publication. The research concludes with the production and presentation of work from my own plastic, representing a summary graphic and aesthetics of the whole dissertation. Narratives such as Genji Monogatari, female stereotypes, the gothic, the androgyny of Takarazuka Kagekidan and the minimalism of Takaya Miou, are some of the influences of shôjo and josei Manga in this plastic sleeves.

Orientador: Geralda Mendes Ferreira Silva Dalglish / Banca: Omar Khouri / Banca: Madalena Hashimoto Cordaro / Resumo: A comunicação acessível estabelecida pelas imagens, fez com que as histórias em quadrinhos, obtivessem rápida aceitação por parte do público, pois trazem narrativas contadas por imagens. Tendo em sua maioria leitores masculinos, o termo HQ (histórias em quadrinhos) por muito tempo esteve vinculado a temas de super-heróis, violência e sexo, temáticas ligadas exclusivamente ao universo masculino. Visão esta intensificada quando analisamos a trajetória das histórias em quadrinho no mundo, pois foram poucos os mercados editoriais que destinaram uma pequena porcentagem de suas publicações ao mercado feminino. O Japão por outro lado, possui um segmento editorial forte, estável e especializado na publicação de histórias em quadrinhos direcionadas tanto ao público feminino juvenil (shôjo mangá) como ao adulto (josei mangá). A grande questão, no entanto, não seria a existência ou a falta de publicações direcionadas ao público feminino, mas sim, o que levaria as mulheres a comprarem histórias em quadrinhos, já que em muitos países, histórias em quadrinhos é sinônimo de homens. As histórias em quadrinhos femininas, portanto, passaram a enfatizar o lado psicológico e emocional dos personagens, aliando ficção e realidade, estratégia que passou cada vez mais a atrair e a cativar o público feminino. Além da reflexão sobre a inserção das histórias em quaderinhos no universo da Arte, esta pesquisa analisa e estuda a contribuição feminina na produção das histórias em quadrinhos japonesas, já que grande parte das características singulares dos mangás vem da contribuição desta pequena parcela de publicações e desenhistas femininas. A pesquisa se encerra com a produção e a apresentação de trabalhos plásticos de minha autoria, que representam uma síntese gráfica e estética de toda a dissertação. Narrativas como as de Genji Monogatari,... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The communication established by the available images, has meant that the stories in comics, achieve rapid acceptance by the public because it brought stories told by pictures. Having mostrly male readers, the term HQ (comics) for a long time been linked to issues of super-heroes, violence and sex, issues related exclusively to the male universe. Intensified this view when analyzing the trajectory of the comics in the world, because few markets tageted editorial that a small percentage of their publications to the women public. Japan on the other hand, has an editorial segment strong, stable and specialized in the publication of stories in comics targeted to noth the public juvenile female (shôjo manga) and the adult (josei manga). The big question, however, is not the existence or lack of publications targeted to the female public, but which lead women to buy comics, as in many stories in comics is synonymous of men. The stories in comic's female, therefore, began to emphasize the psychological and emotional side of character, combining stories and real conflicts, strategy now increasingly to attract and capture the female audience. Besides the discussion on the integration of mangfa in the world of Art, this research analyzes and examines the contribution women in the production of Japanese comics, as most of the unique features in manga, comes from the contribution of this small portion of women's publication. The research concludes with the production and presentation of work from my own plastic, representing a summary graphic and aesthetics of the whole dissertation. Narratives such as Genji Monogatari, female stereotypes, the gothic, the androgyny of Takarazuka Kagekidan and the minimalism of Takaya Miou, are some of the influences of shôjo and josei Manga in this plastic sleeves. / Mestre

I investigate why gendered images of Hatshepsut influenced androgynous images of Nefertiti in New Kingdom Egypt and how Nefertiti and Akhenaten used their images in the promotion of their monotheistic religion; through a contextual, stylistic and feminist examination of the images. Hatshepsut cultivated images of herself to legitimize her rule in relation to canonical kings before her. Similarly, Nefertiti represented herself as a figure indiscernible from Akhenaten, creating an image of female co-rulership. Although the visual representations of both Hatshepsut and Nefertiti differ, the concepts behind each are analogous. They both manipulated androgyny to create images displaying powerful women equal in status to male Egyptian kings.