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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"identity expression"”.
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Instaman: a case study of male identity expression on Instagram
Navigating conversations about identity and masculinity can be hard for some young men. Society has a particular view on what makes a man manly based on cultural expectations and social norms. Instaman: A case study of male identity expression on Instagram qualitatively looks at how men talk and …
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Playing Pirates: The Construction of Shared Fantasy and Identity Performance in theRenaissance Festival Subculture
… setting offers a context for non-normative identity performance within a carnivalesque setting in which the construction of shared fantasy is the basis of social processes. It also asks how what social forces, such as popular media’s romanticized version of history, may influence …
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Expressing Identity, Experiencing Belonging, and Everyday Life in Heavy Metal Music
… and ethnographic orientation in order to explore identity expression, the feeling of belonging and community, everyday life processes, and the role of heavy metal music in the everyday life of heavy metal fans. Through social interactions based on shared musical preference, heavy metal fans are …
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Rhetoric of trans* identities: public reactions to private confessions
… Caitlyn Jenner’s public announcement of her identity as transgender shortly followed by Rachel Dolezal unveiling as a woman with Caucasian heritage. Using publically accessible interviews such as the Diane Sawyer interview with Bruce Jenner, both of Matt Lauer’s conversations with Dolezal and …
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Psychoanalysis and Asexuality: An Exploration of The Phenomenon and Implications for Therapeutic Work Using A Psychoanalytic Theoretical Framework
… of, and identification with, an Asexual identity as well as the subjective meaning of this identity for them. Second, it considers the current understanding of the lack of sexual desire within the psychoanalytic framework and proposes three hypotheses in the form of developmental pathways …
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Teaching cosplay: A theoretical curriculum using critical pedagogy and visual culture art education
… nor did they see it as a meaningful form of identity expression. While cosplay can be defined as the act of dressing up as a popular culture character, this definition fails to convey the criticality, identity exploration, and craft that are involved in its creation. Therefore, this thesis …
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Do You Listen to Girl in Red? A Thematic Analysis of Queer Symbolism on TikTok
… site (SNS) TikTok are expressing their cultural identity and building community. Previous research has shown that self-expression and self-presentation are important parts of defining one's identity and building community for queer individuals, and this study analyzes details specifically within …
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The effects of gender-based violence on the psychological welbeing of exposed community members, in a selected rural village in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
… or abuse that targets someone based on gender identity, expression, or societal role. It can affect anyone, causing trauma and psychological distress for the victims and their families, although it disproportionately affects women and girls. Literature reveals that massive studies have been …
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Motivated to work several jobs: The enrichment and depletion of multiple jobholding
… as well as personal growth or maintenance (e.g., identity expression, socialization). I propose that multiple jobholding can yield enrichment (meaningfulness and human capital gain) and depletion in the secondary job, but that the strength of these relationships depend on the worker’s motivation …
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Pagbukadkad ng bulaklak = Blooming of the flower : an ethnographic study of a friendship group of same-sex attracted middle-class young men from Metro Manila in the Philippines
… how dynamics of gender and sexuality including identity expression are conceptualised, articulated and negotiated through the interphase of Philippine culture, social class, economic status and the cultural appropriation and adaptation of elements of Western gay discourse and lifestyle. …
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Elementary teachers' contributions to classroom gender climate: an exploration of teacher attitudes and classroom behaviors
… communicate expectations for students’ gender identity/expression in their classrooms and beyond; however, teachers’ influences on gender identity/expression remain underexamined. The current study aims to fill gaps in the literature by investigating elementary teachers’ potential contributions …
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THE UNTOLD STORIES: An exploration of police views regarding the policing of LGBTQI+ hate crimes in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
… based on their sexual orientation and gender identity expression (SOGIE) do not report their cases to the police for fear of secondary victimisation. Much of the complaints against the police cite homophobic and heterosexist work cultures that leave victims feeling disenfranchised from …
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Navigating Ties Amid Divides: South Asian Panethnic Identification and Belonging
This dissertation examines how South Asian identity is constructed, expressed, and negotiated within Canada’s multicultural and racialized context, with a specific focus on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Drawing on forty-five in-depth interviews with participants of South Asian ancestry from eight …
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Aesthetic expressions: punk dress and the workplace.
… These individuals negotiate between aesthetic expressions of their subcultural identity and the role they believe they are expected to play at work. An online survey with 208 individual participants identified interview candidates. Participant suitability was based on fulltime employment, …
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Social Virtual Environments as ‘Third Places’: Co-Designing Socio-Relational Spaces For Autistic Young Adults
… key themes related to community formation, identity exploration, and strategies for navigating social interaction in virtual environments. Studies 2 and 3 examine perspectives from clinicians and intervention professionals across Italy, the United States, and Australia, exploring …
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The journey from New Delhi to Islamabad : dependence and subversion in the ambivalent expression of nationhood
… the colonial and post-colonial narratives of identity take shape. Taking Gayatri Spivak's aphorism that imperialism requires a rereading "not because Empire ..... is abstract, but because Empire messes with identity" as its premise, it attempts to map the spatio-temporal territory of identity …
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Ultra-Fast and Multi-Dimensional Face Processing in a New Face Area
… cells. And each area encodes facial identity and head orientation differently. A recent brain imaging study discovered a new face area outside of this classic network, the medio-dorsal face area (MD). This finding offers the opportunity to determine whether coding principles revealed …
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Dress to Repress: Exploring How Dress Codes & Norms Harm Black Women in the Workplace
… and could choose to deliberately express their identity through their hairstyle. Across two studies, I examine whether dress codes and norms targeting natural Black hairstyling habits lead to threats to authenticity and identity safety, in turn leading to negative organizational outcomes. A …
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The Sense of Identity in a Limbu Community of South Wales
… Limbu community negotiates its sense of identity as an ethnic group within the framework of a greater Nepali community residing in South Wales (United Kingdom). <br/><br/>This study employed an ethnographic research approach with qualitative techniques ranging from semi-structured and …