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Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 76 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Butler.
31. Navigating Female Power : (De-) Constructing the Space of the Immortal Threat in Homer’s Odyssey
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to locate spatial manifestations of power, and acts of agency, by conducting a subversive reading of the female immortal threats in Homer’s Odyssey. With an aim to question preconceived notions on sexuality, gender and power, I draw on the theoretical perspectives of gender theorists J. Butler and J. LÄS MER
32. Articulable Humanity : Narrative Ethics in Nuruddin Farah's Trilogies
Sammanfattning : Fokus för avhandlingen, Att uttrycka det mänskliga: narrativ etik i Nuruddin Farah’s trilogier, är de nio romaner publicerade mellan 1979 och 2011 som tillsammans utgör Nuruddin Farah’s tre trilogier: ”Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship,” bestående av Sweet and Sour Milk (1979), Sardines (1981), Close Sesame (1983); “Blood in the Sun,” bestående av Maps (1986), Gifts (1993), Secrets (1998); samt “Past Imperfect,” bestående av Links (2003), Knots (2007), Crossbones (2011). Tematiska och stilistiska skillnader till trots så är dessa trilogier och romaner märkbart sammanhängande i sitt fokus. LÄS MER
33. ”Ett emballage för inälvor och emotioner” : föreställningar om kroppen i statliga utredningar från 1960- och 1970-talen
Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the polyphonic body politics of modern society, as activated in three Swedish Government Official Reports from the 1960s and 1970s. The analysis takes as its point of departure the assumptions about embodiment and identity uncovered in these reports. LÄS MER
34. Sisters! Making Films, Doing Politics : An Exploration in Artistic Research
Sammanfattning : How does film become a political act? That is the question that the artistic research project Sisters! Making Films, Doing Politics revolves around. Taking Hannah Arendt’s ideas about the constitution of the political arena as its point of departure, this dissertation reflects on the aesthetic mechanisms that underlie contemporary strategies for collective and feminist filmmaking. LÄS MER
35. Kön, kropp och konstruktion : en undersökning av den filosofiska grunden för distinktionen mellan kön och genus
Sammanfattning : The distinction between sex and gender has become widely accepted in society and it is a basic assumption in many feminist theories. But in the 90s, this distinction has been severly criticised. LÄS MER