Sökning: "Female Culture"
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6. Female Licentiousness versus Male Escape? : Essays on Intoxicating Substance Use, Sexuality and Gender
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to study cultural aspects of alcohol and drug use in Sweden, and also to some extent in other countries. In the context of changing patterns of drinking and drug use in Sweden and in the rest of the world, such studies are increasingly important.The thesis comprises four self-contained but interrelated studies. LÄS MER
7. Mötet med det skrivna ordet : Kvinnors läsande och skrivande under 1700-talet
Sammanfattning : This thesis study how women in 18th century Sweden used reading and writing and how these skills could be a source of income. Historians have studied how many could read during this period or how writing was taught in the parish school. How these skills were used have, however, been overlooked. LÄS MER
8. Veils and videos : female youth culture on the Kenyan coast
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9. Allt annat än allvar : den komiska kvinnliga grotesken i svensk samtida skrattkultur
Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen tar avstamp i ett möte mellan å ena sidan Michail Bachtins begrepp skrattkultur och hans positiva och uppvärderande framställning av grotesk estetik, och å andra sidan feministisk och queer teoribildning. Avhandlingen utgör en tvärvetenskaplig kulturstudie av svensk samtida skrattkultur, Mer specifikt fokuseras framställningar av kön, kropp och sexualitet. LÄS MER
10. Chinese women and consumer culture : discourses on beauty and identity in advertising and women's magazines 1985-1995
Sammanfattning : Chinese women and consumer culture are studied through semiotics and discourse analysis of advertisements and beauty editorials from women's magazines. The trajectory of Chinese consumption and advertising development during the last two decades is outlined and the changing notions of female beauty after Mao is examined, describing the resurfacing gender differences and the renewed importance of body and gender, together with the commodification of women and female beauty. LÄS MER