Sökning: "Contemporary history since 1914"
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6. Begärets lagar: moderna statliga utredningar och heteronormativitetens genealogi
Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of an analysis on how Swedish Government Official Reports (SOU) and their definition and handling of homosexuality, intersexualism, and transsexualism. Questions concerning the legal definition of a human subject, of human desire and human bodies are central to these reports, and hence the focal point of the thesis is how these definitions are reproduced and altered during the 20th century. LÄS MER
7. Våp eller nucka? Kvinnors högre studier och genusdiskursen 1930-1970
Sammanfattning : This dissertation’s overall purpose has been to achieve an increased understanding of why women’s integration into universities has progressed so slowly. Through the analysis of the debates on women in higher education I have wanted to see if the main figures reproduce or contradict the discourse. LÄS MER
8. Seen, or unseen? The portrayal of Women in historical scholarship in Sweden from 1890 to 1995
Sammanfattning : I am studying the portrayal of women in Swedish dissertations of history from 1890 to 1995. Inspired by Pierre Bourdieu I interpret the production of knowledge as an effect of the rivalry between researchers concerning the dominate positions within the field of history. LÄS MER
9. Ansikte mot ansikte. Räddningsarbete bland prostituerade kvinnor i Sverige 1850-1920
Sammanfattning : The object of this thesis is a Swedish religious reform movement that, from mid nineteenth century to early twentieth century, undertook social work intended to ‘rescue’ female prostitutes. The purpose of the study is to illuminate the encounter between two groups of women, the rescuers and the rescued. LÄS MER
10. Empire and identity. Biographies of Austrian identity in an age of imperial dissolution
Sammanfattning : This study deals with the problem of Austrian identity in the late Habsburg empire. The investigation departs from an understanding of this problem as situated in the juncture between the historical Austrian imperial experience and the process of modern Austrian identity formation. LÄS MER