367 research outputs found
The dark or bright side? : The perception of Generation Z regarding Flexplace and Flextime in the working environment
No full textAuthor Lisa Maria Zechel, BScMasterarbeit Universität Linz 202
"(D)ie alte Eva, die niemals auch aus dem neuesten Weibe auszutreiben ist" : An analysis of the female characters in Maria Janitscheks : Die neue Eva
No full textDie vorliegende Diplomarbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Frauenfiguren in Maria Janitscheks Novellenband 'Die neue Eva'. Das Einführungskapitel ist dem historischen und literarischen Kontext gewidmet und beleuchtet die Stellung der Frau zur Jahrhundertwende, die Frauenrechtsbewegung und die Frauenbilder in der Literatur des Fin de Siècle. Anschließend folgt ein Überblick über Maria Janitscheks Leben und Werk sowie ein der Analyse vorangestelltes Kapitel über die Publikationsgeschichte und Rezeption ihres 1902 erschienenen und sieben Jahre nach Veröffentlichung in Deutschland verbotenen Novellenbands. Zu Lebzeiten machte sich Maria Janitschek durch ihre freizügige Darstellung weiblicher Sexualität einen Namen als wagemutige Schrifstellerin, die sich aber aufgrund ihrer ambivalenten Haltung zur Frauenrechtsbewegung der Einordung als feministische Autorin entzieht. In 'Die neue Eva' entwirft Janitschek Frauenfiguren, die sich zwischen traditionellen Weiblichkeitsentwürfen und neuen Frauenbildern bewegen und die kulturellen, sozialen und wissenschaftlichen Einflüsse ihrer Zeit veranschaulichen. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die dargestellten Frauenfiguren hinsichtlich dieser Einflüsse zu analysieren und zu zeigen, welche Geschlechterstereotype, gesellschaftlichen Normen und Moralvorstellungen ihr Handeln und Denken beeinflussen.This diploma thesis deals with the female characters in Maria Janitschek‘s volume of novellas 'Die neue Eva'. The introductory chapter focuses on the historical and literary context and therefore discusses womens position in society, the womens rights movement and the image of women in literature at the beginning of the 20th century. An overview of Maria Janitschek‘s life and art and an examination of the publication history and reception of her book, which was published in 1902 and forbidden in Germany in 1909, precede the analytical part of the thesis. Due to her unreserved depiction of female sexuality Maria Janitschek made a name for herself as a daring author during her lifetime. Nevertheless, she cannot be classified as a feminist writer due to her ambivalent position on the womens rights movement. In 'Die neue Eva' Maria Janitschek creates female characters who conform to traditional as well as progressive concepts of femininity and illustrate the cultural, social and scientific influences of their time. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the depicted female characters with regards to these influences and to show which gender stereotypes, societal norms and moral conceptions shape their thoughts and actions.vorgelegt von Lisa FrikasesAbweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers/der VerfasserinDiplomarbeit Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 2021 3.167Zusammenfassungen auf Deutsch und Englisc
Harley Quinn in transition. Between male gaze and emancipation: A visual comparison of the portrayal of Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016) and Birds of Prey (2020)
No full textWeibliche Regieführende haben es nach wie vor nicht leicht, sich in Hollywood zu etablieren. Welchen Einfluss diese aber auf eine vielfältige Repräsentation weiblicher Charaktere haben können, soll in dieser Arbeit untersucht werden. Im Fokus steht die Film- und Comicfigur Harley Quinn, die in verschiedenen Filmen unter männlicher und weiblicher Regie inszeniert wurde. Dazu wird folgende Forschungsfrage gestellt: "Wie wird Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016) unter David Ayer und in Birds of Prey (2020) unter Cathy Yan inszeniert, und welche Unterschiede lassen sich daraus ableiten?" Mithilfe einer vergleichenden Analyse wird herausgearbeitet, wie sich Ästhetik, Charakterentwicklung und Inszenierung unter dem Einfluss weiblicher Regie verändern. Zudem werden bestehende Studien zu Vielfalt und Repräsentation von Frauen in visuellen Medien herangezogen, mit Fokus auf die häufige Sexualisierung weiblicher Figuren und deren Auswirkungen auf die Wahrnehmung von Geschlechterrollen. Die Untersuchungen zeigen, dass weibliche Regieführende dazu beitragen können, Frauenrollen vielschichtig und komplex zu gestalten. Da der Untersuchungsrahmen mit je einem Film unter männlicher bzw. weiblicher Regie jedoch stark eingegrenzt war, können keine allgemeingültigen Aussagen getroffen werden. Analysen weiterer Filme von weiblichen und männlichen Regieführenden wären daher interessant, um mögliche (positive) Tendenzen in der Repräsentation von Frauen zu erkennen.The challenges female directors encounter in establishing themselves within the Hollywood film industry persist. This study will explore whether female directors influence the representation of female characters, leading to more diverse portrayals.The focus of this work is on the film and comic character Harley Quinn, who has been portrayed in various films directed by both men and women. The following research question is posed: “How is Harley Quinn portrayed in Suicide Squad (2016) by David Ayer and in Birds of Prey (2020) by Cathy Yan, and what differences can be deduced from this?” A comparative analysis will be used to evaluate how aesthetics, character development and staging change under the influence of female directors. In addition, existing studies on the diversity and representation of women in visual media will be consulted, with a focus on the frequent sexualization of female characters and its effects on the perception of gender roles. The studies show that female directors contribute to making female roles multilayered and complex. However, as the scope of the study was limited to one film directed by a male and one by a female director, it is not possible to make any general statement. Analysis of further films by female and male directors would therefore be valuable in order to recognize possible (positive) tendencies in the representation of women.Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung von der:dem Verfasser:inMasterarbeit FH JOANNEUM 202
Maria Grazia Turri, Gli oggetti che popolano il mondo. Ontologia delle relazioni, Roma, Carocci, 2012, pp. 239
No full textThe text offers a Critical Review of "Gli oggetti che popolano il mondo. Ontologia delle relazioni" by Maria Grazia Turri. The author critically reflects on the book by considering its methodologies, its arguments, and its relation with other books of the same type and on the same subject.Il testo propone una Lettura Critica del libro "Gli oggetti che popolano il mondo. Ontologia delle relazioni" di Maria Grazia Turri. L'autrice riflette criticamente sul libro considerandone le metodologie, gli argomenti e il nesso con altri libri dello stesso tipo e sullo stesso argomento
Author Profiling in the Wild
No full textIn this paper, we use machine learning for profiling authors of online textual media. We are interested in determining the gender and age of an author. We use two different approaches, one where the features are learned from raw data and one where features are manually extracted. We are interested in understanding how well author profiling works in the wild and therefore we have tested our models on different domains than they are trained on. Our results show that applying models to a different domain then they were trained on significantly decreases the performance of the models. The results show that more efforts need to be put into making models domain independent if techniques such as author profiling should be used operationally, for example by training on many different datasets and by using domain independent features.</p
Challenging Male Hegemony: A Case History of Women's Experiences in British and US Higher Education, 1970-2002
No full textThis thesis is located within the discipline of history, and centres around the
experiences of women in US and British universities. Higher education in both the US and
the UK, as throughout the world, has historically been male-led and male-controlled. This
male hegemony of higher education continues to the present, as evidenced by the low
percentage of women in the upper echelons of academia (for example, professors).
Women in the US and the UK have been challenging this male hegemony since their
admittance to higher education institutions in the nineteenth century. They faced fierce
opposition in their efforts to open higher education to women. This opposition was later
echoed in the resistance to twentieth-century feminists' efforts to found women's studies
programmes.
The male hegemony of higher education is evident in the case histories of the
experiences of women at Appalachian State University (ASU) and the University of
Gloucestershire (UG) in the latter part of the twentieth century. ASU and UG, although
located in different countries, have similarities which make a comparison interesting. The
male hegemony of the institutions, and women's challenges to it, is especially illustrated
when analysing three areas: residence hall life (living), staff issues (working), and the
women's studies programmes (teaching and learning).
Women students at both institutions experienced, and successfully challenged,
strict residence rules through the 1960s. National influences, such as the change in the age
of majority, and pressure from the students themselves brought a loosening of these rules
in the 1970s and 1980s. The conservative nature of the institutions also influenced the
experience of women academic staff. Institutional management was not proactive
regarding women's issues, and there is strong evidence of a `glass ceiling' at both
institutions. The male hegemony of the institutions was also illustrated in the struggle to
found and maintain women's studies programmes
The flip side of the coin: Influencing factors of social media consumption on consumer well-being in the sportswear industry
No full textThe usage of social media is increasing. At the same time, the number of mental health issues is increasing as well. Recent studies discuss the relationship between social media consumption and consumer well-being (CWB) and found resulting problems like depression, feelings of loneliness, lower self-esteem and decreased levels of well-being. The objective of this study is to explore the influence of social media consumption on CWB, investigate the influence of model size and the impact of CWB on purchase intentions. To collect data an online survey was conducted. For the data analysis 222 survey responses from female respondents between 18 and 35 years were used. Data analysis was conducted with PLS-SEM. Resulting from the study, no influence of social media consumption (SMC) on CWB was found. However, materialistic values (MV) and social comparison (SC) have an impact on CWB. In turn, CWB has a negative impact on purchase intentions (PI).Author Lisa Keplinger, BSc.Masterarbeit Universität Linz 202
The flip side of the coin: Influencing factors of social media consumption on consumer well-being in the sportswear industry
No full textThe usage of social media is increasing. At the same time, the number of mental health issues is increasing as well. Recent studies discuss the relationship between social media consumption and consumer well-being (CWB) and found resulting problems like depression, feelings of loneliness, lower self-esteem and decreased levels of well-being. The objective of this study is to explore the influence of social media consumption on CWB, investigate the influence of model size and the impact of CWB on purchase intentions. To collect data an online survey was conducted. For the data analysis 222 survey responses from female respondents between 18 and 35 years were used. Data analysis was conducted with PLS-SEM. Resulting from the study, no influence of social media consumption (SMC) on CWB was found. However, materialistic values (MV) and social comparison (SC) have an impact on CWB. In turn, CWB has a negative impact on purchase intentions (PI).Author Lisa Keplinger, BSc.Masterarbeit Universität Linz 202
Taking Comedy Seriously: Humour in Lisa McGee's Girls and Dolls
No full textLaughter in the midst of tragedy can be one of life's most disturbing, cathartic and enlightening experiences, a maxim experienced in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, one of the most painful periods of Irish history. Northern Irish playwrights were acutely aware of this when dealing with violence in their plays and so, however grim the events they depicted, the comic element was very much present. After the Good Friday Agreement, along with the change in the political situation in Northern Ireland, there was a generational change in the theatre. What seems to characterise this new wave is the ironic distance taken towards the sectarian divide and the consequences of the conflict on Northern Irish society, which is revealed above all in their use of humour. Lisa McGee, one of the most important representatives of the new generation thanks to the popularity of her television series Derry Girls, had already shown her maturity in her 2006 play Girls and Dolls, performed by Tinderbox the same year. McGee mixes the tragic and the comic to present the terrible consequences of childhood trauma alongside the violence of the late Troubles, while raising questions about guilt, the meaning of friendship and the subtle ways in which violence affects us. This article aims to analyse the different uses of humour employed by McGee to deal with tragic episodes and their theatrical effect, drawing on the existing research on humour in literature and McGee's own observations given in an interview with the author on 3 March 2023
Ricardo Reis, poeta engajado
No full textTraditionally, the poet Fernando Pessoa is seen by the critics as an author whose works privilege subjectivity instead of social matter. However, the philosopher Theodor Adorno alerts us that even the most pure poetry could be analyzed from a materialistic point of view. In this article, we would like to apply such form of thinking to de Odes of Ricardo Reis, basing our analysis also in the concept of Literary Field, by Pierre Bourdieu.Fernando Pessoa é tradicionalmente visto pelos estudiosos como um autor cujos poemas privilegiam a subjetividade em detrimento da matéria social da vida. A crítica adorniana, entretanto, nos alerta para o fato de que a própria pureza da expressão poética pode ser analisada a partir de um viés materialista, na medida em que ela mesma parte de uma exigência social. A partir da ideia de campo literário, cunhada pelo estudioso Pierre Bourdieu, pretendemos investigar a aplicação desse tipo de raciocínio analítico às Odes de Ricardo Reis
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