Sökning: "Umeå centrum för genusstudier"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Umeå centrum för genusstudier.

  1. 1. Feministiska fantasier : mellan marknad och feminism

    Författare :Johanna Lauri; Malin Rönnblom; Angelika Sjöstedt Landén; Jenny Gunnarson Payne; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; popular feminism; post feminism; social innovation; feminist business; activism; discourse theory; psychoanalysis; fantasy; enjoyment; Sweden; populärfeminism; postfeminism; social innovation; feministiska företag; aktivism; diskursteori; psykoanalys; fantasi; njutning; Sverige; feminism; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : Feminism is highly visible in contemporary Sweden. The government labels itself feminist, artists and influencers take a stand for feminism, businesses are branded with feminist advertising and feminist tropes and symbols are visible on clothes, art and jewellery. What this kind of feminism means is not always easy to discern. LÄS MER

  3. 2. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden

    Författare :Jennie Brandén; Malin Rönnblom; Linda Sandberg; Christine Hudson; Emilia Palonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Safety; unsafety; governmentality; political ethnography; public space; safety walks; participation; community; certification; security guards; private security; patrolling; Sweden; statskunskap; political science; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Moving thresholds : body narratives within the vicinity of gym and fitness culture

    Författare :Greta Bladh; Jesper Andreasson; Linda Sandberg; Åsa Bäckström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; gym and fitness; thresholds; body narrative; vulnerable inclusiveness; genusvetenskap; gender studies; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates thresholds that impede bodies from moving to, and within, gym and fitness sites. Thresholds are here understood as gendered social constructs and norms, which direct bodies in certain ways, and thus circumscribing potential movements and capabilities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Att hjälpa andra : gåvans, rättvisans och medkänslans aporier i frivilligarbete

    Författare :Hanna Bäckström; Linda Berg; Sara Edenheim; Helen Andersson; Lisa Folkmarson Käll; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; critical social work; empathy; ethics of care; feminist ethics; gifts; gift-giving; moral perception; poststructuralist ethics; solidarity; street-begging; voluntary social work; civilsamhälle; kritiskt socialt arbete; empati; omsorgsetik; feministisk etik; gåvor; moralisk perception; poststrukturalistisk etik; solidaritet; tiggeri; frivilligt socialt arbete; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the issue of social work in Swedish civil society, focusing on the ambition and practice of helping others as an existential as well as a social, political and cultural phenomenon. The aim is to study the ambiguities and aporetic conflicts that imbue helping activities and the desire to help others, using ethnographic as well as philosophical method. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Bordering through genetics : DNA testing, family reunification and Swedish migration control

    Författare :Disa Helander; Linda Berg; Aina Tollefsen; Anna Bredström; Irene Molina; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; DNA; family reunification; migration; borders; biometric technology; science; knowledge; feminist theory; queer; postcolonialism; ethnography; Sweden; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : After people flee to Sweden and are granted asylum, their family members must apply to the Swedish migration authorities in order to be reunited with their loved ones in Sweden. As part of this process, some applicants must prove their relationships through DNA analysis. LÄS MER