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  1. 16. Sounding Expanded Affinities : A Polytemporal Approach to Reconceptualizing Egalitarian Social Relations

    Författare :Andrea Ray; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sound art; Installation; Feminism; Polyamory; Free love; Expanded affinities; Queer theory; USA; Nineteenth century; Twenty-first century;

    Sammanfattning : My doctoral submission, Sounding Expanded Affinities, examines how strides toward gender equality might be made, but it postulates that this is too difficult while marriage remains at the core of our patriarchal value system. This patriarchal system is one which oppresses women by manipulating subjects into its preferred roles often in subtle, chronic ways, using repetition and pairing as its tools. LÄS MER

  3. 17. An anagram of the ideas of filmmaker Maya Deren : creative work in motion pictures

    Författare :Moira Sullivan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Deren; Maya; 1917-1961; Kvinnliga filmregissörer; Experimentfilm; USA;

    Sammanfattning : Maya Deren’s corpus of work, which has been given various designations within the American avant-garde filmmaking practice of the 1940’s and 1950’s, will be analysed according to the biographical legend—an approach that focuses on authorship within the historical conditions of conception and reception. Influences on her theories in art and ethnography will be noted through several historical discourses: the French Symbolist Poets, Henri Bergson, Kurt Koffka, T. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Insights on weight maintenance and impacts of obesity for two rural populations in the United States and Sweden

    Författare :Melissa Brower Scribani; Margareta Norberg; Lars Weinehall; Paul Jenkins; Julie Sorensen; Kirsten Mehlig; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obesity; Obesity trends; Premature mortality; Obesity prevention; Weight maintenance; Primary weight maintenance; Rural; United States; Sweden; Public health; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Obesity is a serious public health concern worldwide, and nearly 40% of all adults in the United States and 21% in Sweden are now living with obesity. Efforts focusing mainly on weight loss have fallen short in reducing obesity prevalence. LÄS MER

  5. 19. How Children Got Rights

    Författare :Maria Grahn-Farley; Duncan Kennedy; USA Cambridge Harvard University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 20. A revolution in favour of government : the American constitution and ideas about state formation, 1787-1788

    Författare :Max Edling; Gordon Wood; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the debate over the ratification of the American Constitution between the Federalists, who supported the Constitution's adoption, and the Antifederalists, who opposed adoption. It challenges the traditional interpretation of the Federalist persuasion as primarily concerned with limited government and minority rights. LÄS MER