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16. Domestic violence against women in rural Indonesia : searching for multilevel prevention
Sammanfattning : Background: Domestic violence has been recognized globally as one of the most important Public Health concerns with severe negative health consequences for the exposed women. Through UN bodies several international milestones have successfully pushed attention towards worldwide improvements in the life situations of women. LÄS MER
17. "How dare you talk back?!" : Spatialised Power Practices in the Case of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Malaysia
Sammanfattning : By taking the experiences and narratives of Indonesian women in Malaysia as the empirical material, this dissertation offers an analysis on spatialised power practices in the context of paid domestic workers. Family survival prompts these women to work abroad, but patriarchal norms shift their economic contribution as supplementary to the men’s role as the breadwinner. LÄS MER
18. Empowering Strategies at Home in the Works of Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the presence of Black women characters in domestic contexts in the early poetry of African American poets Nikki Giovanni and Rita Dove and examines the strategies these women employ, individually and in close relationships, in order to empower themselves and sustain those around them. It provides a joint exploration of the work of two major contemporary poets from a literary and interdisciplinary perspective, mapping instances of the poetic expression of Black feminist politics. LÄS MER
19. Stories of masculinity, gender equality, and culinary progress : On foodwork, cooking, and men in Sweden
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis is to use foodwork and cooking in Sweden as a way to better understand theoretical questions about men and masculinities. Paper I discusses how an increased public interest in elaborate cooking and gastronomy in Sweden, a country with a cultural idealization of gender equality, could explain why men in Sweden assume responsibilities for domestic cooking without feeling emasculated. LÄS MER
20. Domestic Heating with Solar Thermal : Studies of Technology in a Social Context and Social Components in Technical Studies
Sammanfattning : Research in solar heating has traditionally focused solely on increasing the system efficiency by improving the technical components. In this thesis the technical methodology and system boundaries are widened to connect the technical aspects with market actors that are highly influential on the implementation of solar technology. LÄS MER
