Sökning: "Britain"

Visar resultat 41 - 45 av 119 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Britain.

1. 41. Territories of Environmental Concern

   Författare :Geoffrey Gooch; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning :   During recent decades, the "environment" has become established in many countries both as an important item on the political agenda, and as an area of concern for large sections of the public. However, "environmental concern" is often treated as homogeneous, with little regard being taken to the influence of actual physical conditions - such as degradation of the biosphere - individual's and group's differing belief systems, and the territorial aspects of environmental perceptions. LÄS MER

3. 42. Nation, nationalism och identitet : Sydafrika i svensk sekelskiftesdebatt

   Författare :Jan-Gunnar Rosenblad; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : This study is a study of nationalism at the last turn of the century. The empirical sources are Swedish newspapers from 1899 to 1902. Using debates on the Boers and their treatment of the momentous events of the Boer War in South Africa as a focus and a metaphor, the social and linguistic construction of various types of nationalism is analyzed. LÄS MER

4. 43. Apartheid, liberalism, and romance : a critical investigation of the writing of Joy Packer

   Författare :John A. Stotesbury; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South African women’s writing; popular romantic fiction; memoirs; apartheid; colonialism; liberalism; memory; literary amnesia; propaganda; roman a these; race; gender; patriarchy.;

   Sammanfattning : This is the first full-length study of the writing of the South African Joy Packer (1905-1977), whose 17 works of autobiography and romantic fiction were primarily popular. Packer’s writing, which appeared mainly between 1945 and 1977, blends popular narrative with contemporary social and political discourses. LÄS MER

5. 44. Word formation in BSL

   Författare :Mary Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Sign Language; teckenspråk;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the interlocking strands of productive morphology in British Sign Language (BSL), the language used by the Deaf Community in Britain. It examines how users of the language, 'signers', are able to create 'new* lexical items on a regular everyday basis. LÄS MER

7. 45. British Audiences and Approaches to European Cinema : Four Case Studies of French and Swedish Film in the UK Today

   Författare :Ingrid Stigsdotter; Tim Bergfelder; Thomas Austin; University of Southampton; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Film; Filmvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning :  This thesis provides an analysis of audience responses to four case study films, Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, 2001), The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges, 1998), Faithless (Trolösa, 2000) and Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål, 1998). The empirical data was collected at screenings in Hampshire and West Sussex in 2005. LÄS MER