Sökning: "Aristocratic Identity"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden Aristocratic Identity.
1. Mandom och mödom : Sexualitet, homosocialitet och aristokratisk identitet på det senmedeltida Island
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to show how political and sexual strategies interacted when the Icelandic elite was reorganized in the late Middle Ages. During the years 1262 through 1264, the Icelanders agreed to pay tax to the Norwegian king and thus Iceland evolved into a more organized and hierarchical society. LÄS MER
2. "Take a Taste" : Selling Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales in 1934
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. Aristokratiskt rum och gränsöverskridande. Järrestad och sydöstra Skåne mellan region och rike 600-1100
Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the second wave of central places in south Scandinavia, emerging during the prolonged 7th century. The point of departure is a case study of an aristocratic setting in Järrestad, situated in the southernmost part of Sweden. Two problem complexes are tackled: 1. LÄS MER
4. Fältets herrar : Framväxten av en modern författarroll
Sammanfattning : The dissertation describes a crucial step in the development of a modern writer's identity in Sweden. It applies the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of the autonomous ”literary field” to the development in eighteen-eighties, one of the most important periods in Swedish literary history. LÄS MER
5. I kungens frånvaro. Formeringen av en isländsk aristokrati 1271–1387
Sammanfattning : Icelandic society was transformed during the 13th century. There was no kingdom in Iceland until 1262/1264, when the Norwegian kingship annexed the country. Along with the kingship a new political system, with new rules and ways to acquire power, emerged. LÄS MER