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Urban och rural maskulinitet - en diskursiv analys om manliga identiteter skildrade i rurala rum

Rask, Mikaela LU (2019) SGEL36 20182
Department of Human Geography
Abstract (Swedish)
This essay aims to analyse discursive power structures between rural and urban environments and how these are expressed through character portrayals of men in rural environments. The essay will also examine whether or not a relation between the discursive power structure (between the rural and urban) and a hegemonic masculinity can be found within the source material. The source material consists of a Swedish movie, two Swedish commercials and a chapter from a Swedish fictional book. The theoretical base of the essay consists of Connells theory about multiple masculinities, discourse and power theory and urban norm theory. For the analysis of the material a discourse analysis has been used as method. The conclusion of
the essay is that... (More)
This essay aims to analyse discursive power structures between rural and urban environments and how these are expressed through character portrayals of men in rural environments. The essay will also examine whether or not a relation between the discursive power structure (between the rural and urban) and a hegemonic masculinity can be found within the source material. The source material consists of a Swedish movie, two Swedish commercials and a chapter from a Swedish fictional book. The theoretical base of the essay consists of Connells theory about multiple masculinities, discourse and power theory and urban norm theory. For the analysis of the material a discourse analysis has been used as method. The conclusion of
the essay is that urban men are portrayed in a favourable way whilst the rural men are portrayed as being gender unequal and deviant. In these portrays an urban norm is reflected – an outlook of the urban as norm and the rural as deviant. However, there is an exception made in the commercials, where the rural are portrays in a favourable way. A relation between the discursive power structure (between the rural and urban) and a hegemonic masculinity is found in the Swedish movie but is not visible in the remaining source material. (Less)
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author
Rask, Mikaela LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEL36 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
urban, rural, urban norm, maskulinitet, discourse analysis, hegemonic masulinity
language
Swedish
id
8966752
date added to LUP
2019-02-11 10:57:34
date last changed
2019-02-11 10:57:34
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  abstract     = {{This essay aims to analyse discursive power structures between rural and urban environments and how these are expressed through character portrayals of men in rural environments. The essay will also examine whether or not a relation between the discursive power structure (between the rural and urban) and a hegemonic masculinity can be found within the source material. The source material consists of a Swedish movie, two Swedish commercials and a chapter from a Swedish fictional book. The theoretical base of the essay consists of Connells theory about multiple masculinities, discourse and power theory and urban norm theory. For the analysis of the material a discourse analysis has been used as method. The conclusion of
the essay is that urban men are portrayed in a favourable way whilst the rural men are portrayed as being gender unequal and deviant. In these portrays an urban norm is reflected – an outlook of the urban as norm and the rural as deviant. However, there is an exception made in the commercials, where the rural are portrays in a favourable way. A relation between the discursive power structure (between the rural and urban) and a hegemonic masculinity is found in the Swedish movie but is not visible in the remaining source material.}},
  author       = {{Rask, Mikaela}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Urban och rural maskulinitet - en diskursiv analys om manliga identiteter skildrade i rurala rum}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}