Sökning: "celebrating"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet celebrating.

1. 1. Celebrating with Words : Studies in the Rhetorical Works of the Gaza School

   Författare :David Westberg; Jan Olof Rosenqvist; Ruth Webb; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gaza school; Late Antique rhetoric; Late Antique oratory; epideictic; Choricius of Gaza; Procopius of Gaza; classical tradition; mimesis; panegyric; funeral speeches; wedding speeches; ecphrasis; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; Greek; grekiska;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates the School of Gaza, a circle of rhetoricians in Late Antique Palestine. Special attention is paid to Choricius and Procopius of Gaza, and in particular to their epideictic works. LÄS MER

3. 2. Att skriva sin stad - och bevaka världen. Runer Jonsson i Nybro Tidning

   Författare :Claes Evenäs; Litteraturvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; brave antinazism and anticommunism; independent left-winger; politics; people´s education; culture criticism; celebrating; defending; genre freedom; amusing; enthusiasm; text dense; local weekly; sole editor Nybro Tidning 1936-81; Runer Jonsson born 1916 ; autodidact; sports; commercial support; author of 50 books in varied genres.; Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is the study of the journalism of Runer Jonsson (born 1916), as sole editor of Nybro Tidning, published by the printing house Johansson & Svenson AB. Although coming directly from industrial work, not quite 20 of age and not at all experienced in newspaper publishing Jonsson started his new career after for two years having showed his ability as a writer of local sport, short stories and poems in Kalmar-Kalmar Läns Tidning as well in Nybro Tidning. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mors Dag och Halloween : Festseder i förändring

   Författare :Gillis Herlitz; Per Pettersson; Anders Gustavsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Ethnology; ethnology; folklore; Mother s Day; Halloween; celebrations; customs; spirit of the age; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation strives to describe and analyse two celebrations imported from USA in the 20th century, namely Mother's Day at the beginning of the century and Halloween towards the end. What were the reasons for their succesfull introduction and, in the case of Mother's Day, continuous life in Sweden? My objective is to analyse this using the tool "spirit of the age". LÄS MER

5. 4. Ramism, Rhetoric and Reform : An Intellectual Biography of Johan Skytte (1577–1645)

   Författare :Jenny Ingemarsdotter; Magnus Nyman; Hanna Östholm; Erland Sellberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johan Skytte; history of education; Ramism; Petrus Ramus; utility; merit; humanism; Late Renaissance; Sweden; Age of Greatness; patriotism; Hesse-Kassel; the University of Marburg; Uppsala University; Charles IX; Gustav II Adolf; Vasa; Neo-Latin; dissertation; oration; rhetoric; reform; the mathematical arts; eloquence; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is an intellectual biography of the Swedish statesman Johan Skytte (1577–1645), focusing on his educational ideals and his contributions to educational reform in the early Swedish Age of Greatness. Although born a commoner, Skytte rose to be one of the most powerful men in Sweden in the first half of the seventeenth century, serving three generations of regents. LÄS MER

7. 5. On Consumed Democracy : The Expansion of Consumer Choice, Its Causal Effects on Political Engagement, and Its Implications for Democracy

   Författare :Johan Wejryd; Kåre Vernby; Eva Erman; Pär Zetterberg; Johan Martinsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; consumer choice; survey experiment; responsiveness; political equality; political participation; political engagement; marketization; political consumption; political consumerism; citizen-consumer.; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : This is a thesis about expansions of consumer choice, their causal effects on political engagement, and the democratic implications that follow. For material and ideological reasons alike, consumer choices have expanded over the last decades and are likely to become even more present in citizens’ lives in the future. LÄS MER