Despite the vast research regarding non-conformative bodies, there is little material on the gay bear representation in fashion modeling. This thesis investigates the bear embodiment in the runway shows of Walter Van Beirendonck, respectively W&LT Autumn/Winter 1995–1996 Paradise Pleasure Productions, W&LT Autumn/Winter 1996-1997 Wonderland, Walter Van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2010 Wonder, and Walter Van Beirendonck Spring/Summer 2011 Read My Skin. Critical visual analysis follows the gay bear symbolism in the video recordings of the runways, revealing how it challenges the fashion industry’s body standards and, in a broader frame, the dictates of hegemonic masculinity. The concepts of gender performativity and biopower provide the theoretical frame of the study, while Madison Moore’s theory of ‘fabulousness’ and José Esteban Muñoz’s understanding of ‘utopia’ lead to the articulation of performances both masculine and queer.  The findings lead to the discovery of non-dual and body-inclusive gay bear embodiments that challenge the relationship between body and dress and can extend beyond the limits of the runway.

The aim of this thesis is to argue that using the novel The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to explore the concepts of gender roles, with masculinity and its hegemonic aspect at the forefront, through the fields of gender studies and gender pedagogy, will provide grounds for meaningful classroom discussions and activities in the Swedish upper secondary school by drawing parallels between the fictional society presented in the novel and our own.  Three main traits of hegemonic masculinity are analyzed and applied to the characters Kaladin, Dalinar and Jasnah, namely physical assertiveness, egocentric individualism, and domination. The novel’s potential for use within the Swedish upper secondary school, specifically in the course English 7, is analyzed. The domination trait of hegemonic masculinity was found noticeably absent in the three protagonists, while this trait could be found amongst the novel’s antagonists. Potential was found in using the novel to lessen the effects of the boy crisis in the Swedish school system.

In this paper, Ursula K Le Guin’s 1968 fantasy novel, A Wizard of Earthsea will be investigated in two ways. First, through a thematic analysis of the primary antagonist through a deconstructive close-reading technique. Second, through a pedagogic analysis of the depiction of hegemonic masculinity in the novel. The thematic analysis reveals that Le Guin departs from the typical expectations of the fantasy genre to highlight the themes of accepting personal responsibility and acknowledging the consequences of one’s actions, values which are reflected in the Swedish national curriculum. The pedagogic analysis of Le Guin’s treatment of hegemonic masculinity in school culture has the further potential to be used in an EFL classroom setting as part of a teaching unit problematizing the performance of hegemonic masculinity in modern school culture. This is also reflected in the central content for the English Syllabus. / <p>Due to Covid-19 restrictions/precautions, the final presentation seminar took place over Zoom.</p>

I denna uppsats analyseras de manliga huvudkaraktärerna i dramaserierna Skam (2016) och Normala människor (2020) med syfte att undersöka om det finns tendenser för en ny mansbild i media. För att undersöka detta användes teoretiska perspektiv som representation, stereotyper, genus, heteronormativitet och hegemonisk maskulinitet. Ett analysschema skapades utifrån hegemonisk maskulinitet och forskning kring en ny mansbild i media. För att analysera materialet användes kvalitativ innehållsanalys i form av semiotik som metod. Resultatet visade att den manliga huvudkaraktären från Skam upprätthöll fler karaktärsdrag från den hegemoniska maskuliniteten jämfört med den manliga huvudkaraktären från Normala människor. Karaktären från Normala människor uppvisade fler tendenser från en ny mansbild. / In this essay, we analyze the male main characters in the drama series Skam (2016) and Normal People (2020) with the aim of examining whether there are tendencies for a new male image in the media. To investigate this, theoretical perspectives such as representation, stereotypes, gender, heteronormativity and hegemonic masculinity were used. An analysis scheme was created based on hegemonic masculinity and research on a new male image in the media. To analyze the material, qualitative content analysis in the form of semiotics was used as a method. The results showed that the male main character from Skam maintained more character traits from the hegemonic masculinity compared to the male main character from Normal people. The character from Normal people showed more tendencies from a new male image.

The institution of sport has an extensive history of heterosexism, and homophobia, making sport a problematic and unsafe space for gay-identified males. The lack of representation of gay athletes in professional sports highlights the risks associated with openly identifying one’s sexual identity within athletic settings, as gay-identified players often are faced with discrimination and harassment. As a result, gay-identified athletes may choose not to be open about their sexual identity or leave sports altogether as a way to avoid being subjected to discrimination and marginalization within athletics. Grounded in queer theory, and engaging in phenomenology and arts-informed inquiry, this study seeks to explore the ways in which gay-identified males involved in sport negotiate their identies and masculinities. After each participant was interviewed, he wrote a letter to his past self as a way to share what he had come to learn about his process of coming into his own identity and negotiating masculinity. The study interrogates how gay males experience team-based competitive sports differently than individually-based sports and personal fitness activities. Additionally, it explores the personal process of defining and embracing masculinity. Deconstructing the definition of hegemonic masculinity, this study explores how masculinity can be understood in multiple ways. Changing the heterosexist and homophobic discourse that informs the organization of sport on multiple levels creates more opportunities for gay-identified athletes to be welcomed into the arena of sport and safely access the benefits associated with competitive sports and healthy active living activities. This study brings light to the emotional and psychosocial consequences that stem from homophobia and heterosexism’s dominance in our society. The perpetual discrimination and marginalization faced by those who identify as gay males highlights the need for social work’s involvement in justice-oriented research and practice as a way to bring greater equality and equity into our communities. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW)

This study examines how Swedish media portray women's violence. The material used in thestudy are three narratives produced by the researchers Gentry and Sjoberg to analyze differentnews article perspectives when it comes to gender linked to violence within the Islamic State(IS). The method used is a critical discourse analysis based on Fairclough's three-dimensionalmodel. Which will help to see the discourses in the writing of the Swedish media. Analyzingthis is important to identify the difference between how women's violence is portrayed incomparison to men in the Swedish newspapers.

Ishockeyn har traditionellt sett varit en sport där kulturen kretsat kring manliga normer och värderingar vilket i många fall har lett till bland annat en nedvärderande kvinnosyn och homofobi. Studiens syfte var att undersöka hockeytränares upplevelser och erfarenheter av machokulturens påverkan på ishockey som fostrande miljö med fokus på hur de anser att de bör arbeta för att inte reproducera machokulturen. Datainsamlingen genomfördes med hjälp av sex semi-strukturerade intervjuer med professionella ungdoms- och juniortränare från Sveriges högsta samt näst högsta liga (SHL och Hockeyallsvenskan). Resultaten visar att tränarna upplever att det skett en förändring och att machokulturen inte är lika påtaglig som tidigare, att hockeyns rykte om att vara macho är förlegad och att kulturen inte är värre än i andra idrotter. I arbetet mot denna kultur anser tränarna att det viktigaste de kan göra i sin roll är att ha en nära relation till sina spelare för att skapa en trygg miljö där individer vågar visa sig sårbara. Vidare anser tränarna att det är viktigt att de själva är förebilder i detta och att det finns en tydlig kommunikation gällande regler och värderingar och vilka konsekvenser det får om dessa bryts. / Ice hockey has traditionally been a sport where the culture revolves around male norms and values, which in many cases has led to, among other things, derogatory views of women and homophobia. The purpose of the study was to investigate hockey coaches' experiences and perception of the macho culture's impact on ice hockey as a nurturing environment with a focus on how they believe they should work in order not to reproduce the macho culture. The data collection was carried out with the help of six semi-structured interviews with professional youth and junior coaches from the top two leagues in Sweden (SHL and Hockeyallsvenskan). The results show that the coaches feel that there has been a change and that the macho culture is not as evident as before, that hockey's reputation of being macho is outdated and that the culture is no worse than in other sports. In working against the macho culture, the coaches believe that the most important thing they can do is to have a close relationship with their players to create a secure environment where individuals dare to show vulnerability and that the coaches themselves are role models in this regard. The coaches also believe that it is important to have clear communication regarding rules and values and the consequences if these are broken.

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[ES] La presente tesis doctoral, titulada Decir casa, cielo, bosque. Ensayo sobre la habitabilidad del mundo y los límites de la visualidad aglutina la investigación llevada a cabo durante el período comprendido entre febrero de 2018 y julio de 2021. Esta investigación se inscribe en la práctica artística, por lo que recoge diferentes procesos, gestos y proyectos desarrollados durante estos años. Partiendo de nuestra condición de "habitantes del afuera" y "hablantes del decir" hemos transitado diversas realidades cuya aprehensión resulta imposible de llevar a cabo por medio del ver. A lo largo del trabajo hemos constatado la imposibilidad de acceder a un acontecer puro, abordando este hecho a partir de la distancia insalvable entre mundo y lenguaje. Una brecha que ha sido trabajada, especialmente, en base a la configuración visual de la realidad y al privilegio del sentido de la vista en nuestro contexto cultural. A través del estudio de las visualidades hegemónicas occidentales hemos atendido a la crisis de la epistemología visual y al asentamiento de una falla en el conocimiento visual del mundo. De alguna manera, ello nos ha permitido preguntarnos por otras formas de habitabilidad que comprendan estos factores. Para llevar a cabo este planteamiento hemos construido un relato fragmentario en el que proponemos formas de articular lo que escapa al ver y en el que exponemos los diferentes procesos artísticos llevados a cabo. Todo ello se expone en relación con determinados enunciados de los regímenes visuales que ordenan y configuran nuestra mirada. La forma en la que este relato fragmentario ha sido construido trata de no preconfigurar el sentido de la investigación desde un marco conceptual previo. En este mismo sentido, el relato no busca alimentar diferenciaciones binarias entre teoría y práctica o entre creación y no-creación, artístico y no-artístico. La escritura empleada no se da al margen del propio trabajo, sino que, como parte del mismo, busca privilegiar la naturaleza variada del relato y la pluralidad de voces y procesos que han intervenido en la investigación. En definitiva, a través de múltiples textos, procesos y experiencias hemos podido explorar otras lógicas visuales al margen de los principios de claridad, transparencia y legibilidad. Ello nos ha permitido desarrollar un ejercicio de investigación en base a la práctica artística, ensayando diferentes formas de habitar, aprehender, decir y ver el mundo. / [CA] La present tesi doctoral, titulada Dir casa, cel, bosc. Assaig sobre l'habitabilitat del món i els límits de la visualitat aglutina la investigació duta a terme durant el període comprés entre febrer de 2018 i juliol de 2021. Aquesta investigació s'inscriu en la pràctica artística, per la qual cosa recull diferents processos, gestos i projectes desenvolupats durant aquests anys. Partint de la nostra condició d'"habitants dels afores" i "parlants del dir" hem transitat diverses realitats, l'aprehensió de les quals, resulta impossible de dur a terme per mitjà del veure. Al llarg del treball hem constatat la impossibilitat d'accedir a un esdevindre pur, abordant aquest fet a partir de la distància insalvable entre món i llenguatge. Una bretxa que ha sigut treballada, especialment, sobre la base de la configuració visual de la realitat i el privilegi del sentit de la vista en el nostre context cultural. A través de l'estudi de les visualitats hegemòniques occidentals hem atés la crisi de l'epistemologia visual i l'assentament d'una falla en el coneixement visual del món. D'alguna manera, això ens ha permés preguntar-nos per altres formes d'habitabilitat que comprenguen aquests factors. Per tal de dur a terme aquest plantejament hem construït un relat fragmentari en el qual proposem maneres d'articular allò que escapa al veure i on exposem els diferents processos artístics duts a terme. Tot això s'exposa en relació amb determinats enunciats dels règims visuals que ordenen i configuren la nostra mirada. La forma en la qual aquest relat fragmentari ha sigut construït tracta de no preconfigurar el sentit de la investigació des d'un marc conceptual previ. En aquest mateix sentit, el relat no busca alimentar diferenciacions binàries entre teoria i pràctica o entre creació i no-creació, artístic i no-artístic. Així mateix, l'escriptura emprada no es dona al marge del treball, sinó que, com a part d'aquest, cerca privilegiar la naturalesa variada del relat i la pluralitat de veus i processos que han intervingut en la investigació. En definitiva, a través de múltiples textos, processos i experiències hem pogut explorar altres lògiques visuals al marge dels principis de claredat, transparència i llegibilitat. Això ens ha permés desenvolupar un exercici d'investigació sobre la base de la pràctica artística, assajant diferents maneres d'habitar, aprehendre, dir i veure el món. / [EN] This doctoral thesis, entitled Saying home, sky, forest. Essay on the habitability of the world and the limits of visuality brings together the research carried out during the period between February 2018 and July 2021. This research is inscribed in the artistic practice, so it gathers different processes, gestures and projects developed during these years. Starting from our condition of "inhabitants of the outside" and "speakers of saying", we have traversed different realities whose apprehension is impossible to carry out by means of seeing. Throughout the work we have noted the impossibility of accessing a pure happening, approaching this fact on the basis of the unbridgeable distance between world and language. A gap that has been worked on, especially on the basis of the visual configuration of reality and the privilege of the sense of sight in our cultural context. Through the study of Western hegemonic visualities, we have attended to the crisis of visual epistemology and the establishment of a failure in the visual knowledge of the world. In a way, this has allowed us to ask ourselves about other forms of inhabitation that harbour these factors. In order to carry out this approach, we have constructed a fragmentary narrative in which we propose ways of articulating that which escapes seeing and in which we expose the different artistic processes carried out. All of this is presented in relation to certain statements of the visual regimes that order and configure our gaze. The way in which this fragmentary account has been constructed tries not to preconfigure the meaning of the research from a previous conceptual framework. In this same sense, the narrative does not seek to feed binary differentiations between theory and practice or between creation and non-creation, artistic and non-artistic. The writing employed does not occur at the margins of the work itself, but rather, as part of it, seeks to privilege the varied nature of the narrative and the plurality of voices and processes that have been involved in the research. In short, through multiple texts, processes and experiences, we have been able to explore other visual logics outside the principles of clarity, transparency and legibility. This has allowed us to develop a research exercise based on artistic practice, testing different ways of inhabiting, apprehending, saying, articulating and seeing the world. / Esta tesis ha sido realizada en el marco del Programa de Ayudas de Investigación y Desarrollo (PAID-01-07) de la Universitat Politècnica de València / Granero Ferrer, A. (2021). Decir casa, cielo, bosque. Ensayo sobre la habitabilidad del mundo en los límites de la visualidad [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/179555

Studiens syfte är att undersöka vilka metoder som används i behandlingsarbetet med män som utövar våld i nära relationer, hur våldsutövare beskrivs i forskningen samt vilka faktorer som lyfts som viktiga i behandlingen.  Studiens metod är en allmän litteraturöversikt och empirin består av 11 vetenskapliga artiklar. Empirin analyseras genom en tematisk analys. Teoriska utgångspunkter för studien är hegemonisk maskulinitet, normaliseringsprocessen samt social inlärningsteori. I den tematiska analysen identifieras två huvudteman med totalt fem tillhörande underteman. Studiens första huvudtema är Behandlarens betydelse med underteman Alliansbyggande samt Behandlingsmetoder. Studiens andra huvudtema är Våldsutövaren med underteman Motivation till behandling, Emotionell kompetens samt Psykisk hälsa. Studien redogör för vad forskningen säger om såväl behandlarens som våldsutövarens roller och förutsättningar och betydelse i behandling. Studiens resultat diskuteras i förhållande till forskningsfrågorna och de teoretiska utgångspunkterna. / The purpose of this study is to investigate the methods used in the treatment of men who have perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV), how perpetrators are described in research, and which factors are identified as important in treatment. The study uses a general literature review method, and the empirical data consists of 11 scientific articles. The data is analyzed using thematic analysis. The theoretical frameworks for the study are hegemonic masculinity, the normalization process, and social learning theory. The thematic analysis identified two main themes with a total of five subthemes. The first main theme is "The Importance of the Therapist" with the subthemes "Alliance Building" and "Treatment Methods". The second main theme is "The Perpetrator" with the subthemes "Motivation for Treatment", "Emotional Competence" and "Mental Health". The study describes what research says about the roles and conditions of both the therapist and the perpetrator, and their importance in treatment. The results of the study are discussed in relation to the research questions and the theoretical frameworks.