Sökning: "National Imagination"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden National Imagination.
1. Reserverad demokrati : Representation i ett mångetniskt Sverige
Sammanfattning : The study explores the complex aspects of representation of “immigrants”, in informal as well as formal contexts. Based on fieldwork, participant observation, individual and focus group interviews carried out in a number of multi-ethnic suburbs throughout Sweden, as well as analysis of political documents and press material, the study explores different ways in which “immigrants” are represented in Swedish society. LÄS MER
2. Kreativa liv. Konstnärligt arbete och kosmopolitisk vardag i Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York : Creative lives. Artistic work and everyday cosmopolitanism in Williamsburg, New York City
Sammanfattning : The everyday experiences of young Japanese individuals in creative careers, living in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City, is the starting point for this study that investigates the informants strategies in the creative field they belong to, as well as how cosmopolitanism and globalization is experienced on an individual level. The research is based on ethnographic fieldwork, primarily interviews and participant observations, carried out between 2008 and 2012. LÄS MER
3. India Dreams : Cultural Identity among Young Middle Class Men in New Delhi
Sammanfattning : In 1991 the Indian government officially sanctioned the country’s definitive entry into the global market and into a new era.This study focuses on the generation that epitomizes this new era and is based on fieldwork among young English-speaking, educated, Delhi-based men involved in occupations such as tourism, Internet, multinationals, journalism and sports. LÄS MER
4. Between Colonialism and Nationalism : Art, History, and Politics in James Joyce’s Ulysses
Sammanfattning : Through a thorough analysis of all eighteen episodes of Ulysses, this study advances a dialectical reading of Ireland’s pre-revolutionary imagination as it unfolds in James Joyce’s novel. By tracing Joyce’s engagements with British colonialism, national romanticism and the Celtic Revival, this study views Joyce’s modernist project as a comprehensive literary response to Ireland’s changing aesthetic sensibilities, political fortunes, and social concerns. LÄS MER
5. Islescapes : Estonian small islands and islanders through three centuries
Sammanfattning : The thesis applies a modification of the concept of landscape to embody physical settings, social behaviour and affixed meanings. The argument focuses on both how a specific environment was created as well as perceived on four Estonian islands from the late seventeenth century until the present. LÄS MER
