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  1. 1. The Coming of Sound Film in Sweden 1928-1932 : New and Old Technologies

    Författare :Christopher Natzén; Maaret Koskinen; Bo Florin; Kevin Donnelly; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coming of sound film; formative music; cinema in the 1920s; Sweden; intermediality; cinema musicians; Svensk Filmindustri; trade press; cinema as event; internal logic of perception; external logic of perception; advertisement; Film; Filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the coming of sound film in Sweden during the years 1928–1932, and the reception of mechanically recorded sounds both in the trade press and among audiences. The novelty of sound film opened up for a negotiation of the perception of sound and image, as it made visible the film medium’s technological construction, before this visibility was once more absorbed by the cinematic discourse. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stoutwear and the Discourses of Disorder : Constructing the Fat, Female Body in American Fashion in the Age of Standardization, 1915-1930

    Författare :Lauren Downing Peters; Klas Nyberg; Caroline Evans; Hazel Clark; Andrea Kollnitz; Reina Lewis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; American history; consumer culture; cultural history; design; discourse; dress history; fashion; fashion history; fashion magazines; fat; identity; Michel Foucault; modernism; modernity; plus-size; self-fashioning; technology; the body; women; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines how fashion media discourses created the conditions through which the fat, female body was both known and constructed within the context of the early large-size garment industry in the United States, or what between the years 1915 and 1930 was known as “stoutwear.” Drawing on a wide array of media sources, including women’s and fashion magazines, trade journals, catalogs and style guides, and employing Michel Foucault’s archaeological method, the dissertation examines the productive nature of fashion discourse in the construction and constitution of the fleshy body, or how the discourses of stoutwear brought order to the disorderly, fat, female body. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Demonstration Projects for Sustainable Building: Towards a Strategy for Sustainable Development in the Building Sector based on Swedish and Dutch Experience

    Författare :Paula Femenias; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable development; demonstration projects; sustainable building; case studies; change agency; architecture; housing; discourse in trade press; building sector; learning from experience; information dissemination;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores demonstration projects as a potential strategy for supporting processes towards sustainable development in the building sector through making mainstream building more sustainable. The research question has been approached in four empirical studies carried out in Sweden and the Netherlands, which study demonstration projects for sustainable housing from different perspectives. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Betydelsen av kvalitet : en studie av diskursen om statens stöd till ny, svensk skönlitteratur 1975-2009

    Författare :Linnéa Lindsköld; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; support scheme for literature; literature policy; quality; legitimacy; discourse; library and information science; cultural policy; policy analysis; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore the conceptions of aesthetic quality used in Swedish literature policy through a study of the discourse of the state support to new, Swedish fiction 1975-2009. This support scheme is a quality-based retrospective grant, introduced in 1975, aiming to guarantee the quality and versatility of book publishing. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Colonizing Fever : Race and Media Cultures in Late Nineteenth-Century Sweden

    Författare :Åsa Bharathi Larsson; Pelle Snickars; Jan von Bonsdorff; Patrik Steorn; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; media cultures; race; late nineteenth century; visual representations of the colonial world; colonialism; Sweden; postcolonial theory; urban everyday life; scientific expeditions; entertainment; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation focuses on visual representations of the colonial world in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Situated at the intersection between postcolonial studies, visual culture studies and cultural histories of media, the study has a threefold aim. LÄS MER