Nonconforming Gender Identity and Gender Expression: TikTok and YouTube as Sites of Queer Activism – Bc. Veronika Rovenská
Bc. Veronika Rovenská
Master's thesis
Nonconforming Gender Identity and Gender Expression: TikTok and YouTube as Sites of Queer Activism
Nonconforming Gender Identity and Gender Expression: TikTok and YouTube as Sites of Queer Activism
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce má za cíl analyzovat gender a jeho projevy v online prostředí. Hlavní argument se zakládá na hypotéze, že sociální média jsou místy, kde se prostřednictvím “každodenního queer aktivismu” pokoušejí jednotlivci potírat svrchovanost binárního chápání genderu a jeho srovnávání s tím, jak se jednotlivci prezentují okolí. K dosažení těchto změn ve společnosti využívají kulturních prvků …moreAbstract:
The present diploma thesis aims to analyse how gender identity and its expression are performed online. It argues that social media serve as the sites where individuals participate in queer everyday activism in an attempt to dismantle the dominance of binary understanding of gender and its conflation with gender performance. To achieve their aims, the creators often use salient elements from culture …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 25. 5. 2022
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/i7jfb/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2022
- Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel
- Reader: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
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ROVENSKÁ, Veronika. \textit{Nonconforming Gender Identity and Gender Expression: TikTok and YouTube as Sites of Queer Activism}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2022. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/jduai5/.
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English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature