Sökning: "American Indians"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden American Indians.

  1. 1. Conceptions of the soul among North American Indians : a study in religious ethnology

    Författare :Åke Hultkrantz; Stockholms högskola; []
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  3. 2. To be or not to be American : Statehood and Peoplehood in Native American Self-identification during the Self-determination era

    Författare :Ingela Sjögren; Bo Persson; Gunlög Fur; Rani-Henrik Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Native Americans; Indigenous peoples; national identity; tribal identity; nationhood; peoplehood; world view; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : As colonized peoples Native Americans have had a complicated relationship to the United States. They have faced the question of whether they should demand tribal independence or embrace American citizenship. LÄS MER

  4. 3. I Skinnstrumpas spår : Svenska barn- och ungdomsböcker om indianer 1860-2008

    Författare :Yvonne Pålsson; Anders Pettersson; Anna Nordenstam; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; books about Native Americans; American Indians; postcolonial theory; identity; opposition; Stig Ericson; documentary; ideology; indianböcker; indianer; postkolonial teori; Stig Ericson; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the publication of books in Swedish about Native Americans for children and young people developed and changed between 1890 and 2008. Translations into Swedish of such books from 1860 onwards are commented on. The terms "Native American", "Indian" and "Indigenous" are discussed. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Den mystiske indianen : Schamanism i skärningspunkten mellan populärkultur, forskning och nyandlighet

    Författare :Sten Skånby; Ulf Drobin; Olav Hammer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; shamanism; neo-shamanism; new age; new religious movements; Michael Harner; Carlos Castaneda; mystical experiences; nature mysticism; drum journey; vision quest; noble savage; Indians; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : Neo-shamanism, or just shamanism, have entered religious life in the West mostly as a result of the inspiration of Michael Harner and Carlos Castaneda. Placing neo-shamanism in a historical context, shows its intimate connection with popular culture and the distinct association with academic research on shamanism. LÄS MER

  7. 5. La piratería textual : un estudio hipertextual de Son vacas, somos puercos y El médico de los piratas de Carmen Boullosa

    Författare :Anna Forné; Franska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; pirate novels; postmodernism; rewriting; parody; “new” Latin American historical novel; “transposition”; intertextuality; hypertextuality; transtextuality; Gérard Genette; Carmen Boullosa; “amplification”; Alexander Olivier Exquemelin; Latinsk litteratur; General and comparative literature; literature criticism; literary theory; Latin literature; narrative attitude; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine the rewriting of the memoirs of the former pirate Alexander Olivier Exquemelin, Los Piratas de América, originally published in Amsterdam in 1678, which the Mexican writer Carmen Boullosa carries out in two recent novels: Son vacas, somos puercos and El médico de los piratas. In the light of Gérard Genette’s theory of hypertextuality this study deals with the formal as well as the thematic aspects of this rewriting. LÄS MER