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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 411 avhandlingar innehållade orden Scandinavian Studies.
1. Mer än bara vara rosa : Bröstcancertematiserande kampanjer i Sverige (2015–2016) som social praktik
Sammanfattning : The thesis presents a study of how social engagement in breast cancer campaigns is realized in a media context in Sweden. The data collected in this qualitative study are from the years 2015–2016. LÄS MER
2. Locating Inter-Scandinavian Silent Film Culture : Connections, Contentions, Configurations
Sammanfattning : The thesis revisits film and film-culture history in Sweden, Denmark and Norway with a view to discourses and practices of the inter- and trans-Scandinavian in the silent era. Excluding the earliest films, but including the transition to synchronised sound, it covers the period of the 1900s to 1930 with emphasis on the 1910s and 1920s. LÄS MER
3. The Taming of a Viking : August Strindberg, Translation and Post-Victorian Censorship
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies August Strindberg’s two-volume collection of short stories, Giftas (1884, 1886) and its first English translation, Ellie Schleussner’s Married (1913). The purpose is to demonstrate that Married deviates from the original in many ways, primarily on the very aspects that were generally associated with the work. LÄS MER
4. Visions of Apostolic Mission : Scandinavian Pentecostal Mission to 1935
Sammanfattning : Using methods of Cultural Mapping, Scandinavian Pentecostal publications and archival sources were examined regarding mission. Working toward “Apostolic Mission,” in addition to biblical texts Pentecostals used models adapted from the Pietist, Methodist, Baptist and especially the Holiness Revivals. LÄS MER
5. Academics and Politics : Northern European Area Studies at Greifswald University, 1917–1991
Sammanfattning : The decision to institute Area Studies in German universities in 1917, was born out of a perceived need to widen the intellectual horizon of the public and academia alike. At Greifswald University this ambitious reform programme saw the foundation of a Nordic Institute, charged with interdisciplinary studies of contemporary Northern Europe. LÄS MER