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1. 1. To be or not to be American : Statehood and Peoplehood in Native American Self-identification during the Self-determination era

   Författare :Ingela Sjögren; Bo Persson; Gunlög Fur; Rani-Henrik Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Native Americans; Indigenous peoples; national identity; tribal identity; nationhood; peoplehood; world view; History; historia;

   Sammanfattning : As colonized peoples Native Americans have had a complicated relationship to the United States. They have faced the question of whether they should demand tribal independence or embrace American citizenship. LÄS MER

3. 2. Reservation Preservation : Powwow Dance, Radio and the Inherent Dilemma of the Preservation Process

   Författare :Bradley D Knopff; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social structures; Sociology; dilemma and invitation.; preservation; modern powwow dance; reserve; reservation; Métis; Lakota; Native North Americans; Ojibway; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Sociala strukturer; Sociologi; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, I have studied Native North American reservations and why they still exist. My research was carried out with the Ojibway, Lakota and Métis peoples in the Midwestern region of the USA and Canada. LÄS MER

4. 3. I Skinnstrumpas spår : Svenska barn- och ungdomsböcker om indianer 1860-2008

   Författare :Yvonne Pålsson; Anders Pettersson; Anna Nordenstam; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; books about Native Americans; American Indians; postcolonial theory; identity; opposition; Stig Ericson; documentary; ideology; indianböcker; indianer; postkolonial teori; Stig Ericson; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the publication of books in Swedish about Native Americans for children and young people developed and changed between 1890 and 2008. Translations into Swedish of such books from 1860 onwards are commented on. The terms "Native American", "Indian" and "Indigenous" are discussed. LÄS MER

5. 4. Second language acquisition in 6- to 8-year-old native Spanish-speaking children : ERP studies of phonological awareness, semantics, and syntax

   Författare :Annika Andersson; Helen J. Neville; Edward Vogel; Ulrich Mayr; Eric Pederson; USA University of Oregon; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ERP; L2; language development; Semantics; phonological awareness; syntax; children 3-8 years of age ; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Most people in the world and about a fifth of all school-aged Americans speak at least two languages. Nevertheless, little is known about second language (L2) processing in development, even though language proficiency is strongly related to success in almost all domains. LÄS MER

7. 5. Amerikafantasier : kön, medier och visualitet i svenska reseskildringar från USA 1945-63

   Författare :Amanda Lagerkvist; Johan Fornäs; Madeleine Kleberg; Kirsten Drotner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; America in the Swedish imagination; visual culture studies; travel writing; media history; post-war era; mass culture debate; feminist media theory; representation; textual interpretation; urban theory; Reseskildringar; teman och motiv; historia; Förenta Staterna i litteraturen; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the construction of an imaginary America in Swedish travel writing from 1945 to 1963. By placing focus on the intersecting dimensions of gender, media, and visuality, the aim is to analyze Swedish notions of the US that surface both in the written word as well as in the illustrative material, by contextualizing these imaginings within the expanding media culture of the time. LÄS MER