Seminar essays – Single in the City: Gender, Media and Urban Space
By on Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
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During the winter term of 2015/16 our project coordinator and member of the sub-project Autonomy Laila Abu-Er-Rub tought a seminar at Heidelberg University’s “Cluster of Excellence – Asia and Europe in a Global Context” titled Single in the City: Gender, Media and Urban Space.

During the winter term of 2015/16 our project coordinator and member of the sub-project Autonomy Laila Abu-Er-Rub tought a seminar at Heidelberg University’s “Cluster of Excellence – Asia and Europe in a Global Context” titled Single in the City: Gender, Media and Urban Space.

The students had to write (visual) essays on self-chosen topics related to the class. Some agreed to have their essays published on our website. Here they are:

Amy ClareChanging Chinese Masculinities – The Modern Businessman and Businesswoman

Rebecca FowlerA Feminist Approach to Social Egg Freezing on a Global and National Level

Friederike Heyne and Louise HoffmannThe Framing of Single African Women in the Web Series “An African City”

Milena KochHijras in public spaces in urban India: Social roles, public appearance and gender-based discrimination.

Daniela Verztman BagdadiPolitics, Women’s Rights and the Evangelical Parliamentary Front in Brazil

Jun Wu Mass Media, New Beauty Ideal and Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea

Leila Borhani Haghighi  Savushun: Women under Patriarchy Dominance

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