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1. Med kroppen som insats : Diskursiva spänningsfält i biologiundervisningen på högstadiet
Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its departure in 15-year-old students’ learning about the human body. During a semester I followed most of the sciences taught in one class of grade 9 students. LÄS MER
2. The Sensational Body : A Spectatorial Exploration of the Experience of Bodies on Stage in Circus, Burlesque and Freak Show
Sammanfattning : At the end of the 20th century, the three genres circus, burlesque, and freak show were revived after a long period of decline. Seemingly something in the genres still has a strong appeal to the spectators. LÄS MER
3. Bruten vithet : om den ryska femininitetens sinnliga och temporala villkor
Sammanfattning : Visual signs like skin color are just one of many factors in how white femininity is being articulated and interpreted. Other important components are the concept of a Eurocentric and linear temporality and the importance of being situated as modern. LÄS MER
4. Looking good : a study of gendered body ideals among young people
Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis is to study how social and cultural norms regarding body and appearance are perceived and interpreted by young people. This is done by studying both how these perceptions affect young people and how the body is controlled and altered through practices such as dieting, exercise, plastic surgery and the use of steroids. LÄS MER
5. Bilder av kvinnor och kvinnlighet : genus och kroppsspråk under övergången till kristendomen
Sammanfattning : Gender is a process, a journey. It is in constant change, built up and altered by people who live itSaltering them. In this process, material culture is used both as an agent and as an object of representation.Gotlandic picture stones are the point of departure for this particular gender journey. LÄS MER