Sökning: "Autobiographies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Autobiographies.
1. Biografier från gränslandet : En sociologisk studie om psykiatrins förändrade kontrollmekanismer
Sammanfattning : The modern era of psychiatry is predominantly a history of confinement. Individuals suffering from mental disorders were banished to asylums and mental hospitals. During the late twentieth century, however, the Swedish psychiatry was a recurring topic for political debate and the target for numerous reforms. LÄS MER
2. The power of character : Middle-class masculinities, 1800–1900
Sammanfattning : This is a study of continuity and change in middle-class conceptions of ideal manhood. My theoretical cues are the notions of the male as an unproblematised and genderless norm, masculinity as homosocial, and George L. Mosse’s use of countertypes. Notions of passions, youth, and character were important throughout the century. LÄS MER
3. Intersecting Identities: Young People, Religion, and Interaction on the Internet
Sammanfattning : The growth of the Internet gave rise to many anticipations and apprehensions of how the new medium would affect the construction of meaning, individual identities, and social interaction. As humanity’s oldest expression of existential meaning, religion provides a challenging case for such studies. LÄS MER
4. The True Story of Alice B. Toklas : Almost the Same but not Quite/not Straight in the Toklas Autobiographies
Sammanfattning : This study investigates three texts that can be provisionally defined as “Toklas autobiographies,” or inscriptions of “the true story of Alice B. Toklas.” These are Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) and The Alice B. LÄS MER
5. Beyond the emotional work event : social sharing of emotion in organizations
Sammanfattning : "Every day people experience hassles and joys at work. Consequently, research on emotion in organizational settings has tended to focus on these "as they occur" and "as they are managed". However, not only do people experience emotional events at work they may also talk about these events to their colleagues or intimates. LÄS MER
