Sökning: "Ulrika Wijk"
Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ulrika Wijk.
1. Towards a tactile artifical hand
Sammanfattning : Amputation of a hand is a life-changing event, and the loss of motor and sensory functions leads to disability and has devastating effects on the individual. What is normally performed using two hands must be solved with only one, and the loss also affects body balance and body posture. LÄS MER
2. Kraftkarlar och knockouts : Kraftsporter, kropp och klass i Sverige 1920–1960
Sammanfattning : The thesis analyses representations of body and class, and their wider ideological meaning, in Swedish power sports from 1920 to 1960. Boxing and weightlifting – sports dominated by manual workers – are chosen as study objects. The sources used are magazines connected to the power sports, and autobiographies by four prominent athletes. LÄS MER