Sökning: "Orientalism etnologi"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Orientalism etnologi.

  1. 1. Diasporic Narratives of Sexuality : Identity Formation among Iranian- Swedish Women

    Författare :Fataneh Farahani; Lena Gerholm; Beverley Skeggs; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; women’s sexuality; discursive analysis; gender; Islam; Iran; Sweden; veil; virginity; migration; diaspora; agency; hybrid identity; cultural routes; Orientalism; narrative; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the sexuality of Iranian women living in Sweden. Considering sexuality as gendered and socio-culturally constructed, I examine the impact of Iranian Islamic discourses, contemporary socialization and migration on women’s narrations of sexuality. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Orientalisk dans i Stockholm : Femininiteter, möjligheter och begränsningar

    Författare :Karin Högström; Lena Gerholm; Helena Wulff; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Middle Eastern dance; Oriental dance; belly dance; Egyptian dance; femininity; orientalism; authenticity; respectability; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to describe and analyze the practice and meaning of Middle Eastern dance through the study of a number of performers in Stockholm. In particular, this study emphasises the ways in which the performers seek, create and defend values such as femininity, authenticity, empowerment and respectability in and through their dancing. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Threatened Paradise : Tourism on a Greek Island

    Författare :Peter Smekal; Jan Ovesen; Julie Scott; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Greece; Kárpathos; tourism; anti-tourism; tourist typologies; repeat vacationing; tour guides; host-guest relations; festivals; guidebooks; tourist media; Orientalism; lifestyles; social distinctions; Romanticism; nostalgia; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about attitudes and practices of foreign tourists in Ólymbos, a village in the north of the Greek island of Kárpathos. Based upon several periods of fieldwork from 1999 to 2005, it focuses on the discomfort with tourism and the tourist role which is shared by many holidaymakers, and which also can be found in various types of representations of the area. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Såsom en slöja : Den kristna slöjan i en svensk kontext

    Författare :Elisabeth Hallgren Sjöberg; Mohammad Fazlhashemi; Åsa Andersson; Katarina Leppänen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; veil; Christianity; religion; Pentecostal movement; Church of Sweden; gender; women s liberation; Orientalism; Swedish culture; ethnology; Idéhistoria; slöja; kristendom; religion; pingströrelsen; Svensk kyrkan; genus; kvinnosakskamp; orientalism; svensk kultur; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This study takes its point of departure in the tradition of Christian women covering their hair for religious and cultural reasons, hereafter called veiling. The aim has been to investigate what ideas were projected onto the veil in Sweden during the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as when and how the tradition of veiling disappeared among most Christian Swedes. LÄS MER