Sökning: "commercialism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade ordet commercialism.

  1. 1. "Take a Taste" : Selling Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales in 1934

    Författare :Moa Matthis; Heidi Hansson; Claire Squires; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; marketability; Book-of-the-Month-Club; consumer culture; commercialism; colonial Kenya; feudal ideal; aristocracy; identity; malleability; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the marketability of Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales, published in the US in 1934. The term marketability is used to refer to the book as a potentially desirable object for sale on the market, successfully promoted by the Book-of-the-Month-Club whose members were intent on educating themselves and refining their taste. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Margaret Atwood's Environmentalism : Apocalypse and Satire in the MaddAddam Trilogy

    Författare :Marinette Grimbeek; Maria Holmgren Troy; Magnus Ullén; Sylvia Mayer; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Margaret Atwood; MaddAddam Trilogy; environmentalism; apocalypse; satire; celebrity activism; metalepsis; commodity aesthetics; storytelling; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study considers the way in which Margaret Atwood’s post-apocalyptic MaddAddam Trilogy functions as an environmental project. The main focus is on how the three novels, Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013), simultaneously draw on and destabilise the apocalypticism inherent in so much environmental discourse, primarily through the use of satire. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Talangfabriken : Om organisation av kunskap och kreativitet i skivindustrin

    Författare :Thomas Florén; Göran Ahrne; Patrik Aspers; Jan Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Kunskap; kreativitet; kompetens; kunskapsföretag; praktisk yrkeskunskap; musikbranschen; skivindustrin; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to describe, explain and understand how record companies identify and develop new music and new talent. The analysis is carried out on three levels: individual, organizational and sector level. In a record company, this task formally goes to A&R (Artist and Repertoire). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Populärhistoriens tjusning och kraft : Peter Englund och Herman Lindqvist i svensk historiekultur 1988-1995

    Författare :Fredrik Holmqvist; Lena Berggren; Lars Elenius; David Ludvigsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Popular history; popular historians; Peter Englund; Herman Lindqvist; Swedish history 1988-1995; historical culture; public history; rhetoric; historical narratives; historical accounts; history and history teaching; historia med didaktisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of popular history in Sweden from the late 1980’s to the mid 1990’s. The aim is to investigate and discuss Peter Englund’s and Herman Lindqvist’s historical accounts and their roles as public historians during the studied period. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Auditors’ Constitution of Performance : a study on the duality of performance in the auditing profession

    Författare :Cristoffer Lokatt; Matti Skoog; Mikael Holmgren Caicedo; Crawford Spence; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Auditing; auditors; performance; performance management; control; structure; agency; institutional logics; profession; accountability; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : For decades, the auditing profession has been under scrutiny, due in part to its close association with a business rationale. This has led to some to call for de-professionalization, where accountability, control, and commerce would threaten auditing’s autonomy. LÄS MER