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Martina Terrazzano is a PhD candidate with an academic background rooted in linguistics, literature, and language studies, with a specific focus on Swedish and English. She combines her keen interest in gender and queer studies by critically investigating the language employed in both new and traditional media, shaping discourses around identity. Her academic interests include pop culture, fandom studies, and cultural studies. Currently, she is writing a dissertation that explores the representation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swedish mainstream queer media from the 1980s. Using critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, she aims to understand how individuals involved in the epidemic are represented in various sources, with a specific focus on representational strategies and agency.
Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS) • Umeå, Sweden
Conducting research for a dissertation on the representation of HIV/AIDS in Swedish mainstream queer media.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.