Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Femininities"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Constructions, negotiations and performances of gender and power in lobolo: an African-centred feminist perspective

Makama, Refiloe Euphodia (2020-11)

This study aimed to explore how gender is constructed, negotiated and enacted in the customary practice of lobolo. Lobolo, sometimes incorrectly referred to as bridewealth or dowry is a practice that centres around the ...
Funny little witches and venerable-looking wizards : a social constructionist study of the portrayal of gender in the Harry Potter series

Rodrigues, Debbie June (2011-02)

In this study I apply social constructionism as propounded by Vivian Burr (1998) to show that although J. K. Rowling uses stereotypes in the Harry Potter series as a reflection of how gender is constructed across a wide ...

Search UnisaIR