Sökning: "cultural otherness"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden cultural otherness.
1. In Between Cultures : Franco-American Encounters in the Work of Edith Wharton
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of how the American author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) in a number of novels and short stories written between 1876 and 1937 depicts cultural encounters between Americans and Europeans, mostly Frenchmen. Chiefly concerned with Fast and Loose, “The Last Asset”, Madame de Treymes, “Les Metteurs en Scène”, The Custom of the Country and The Age of Innocence, each of which articulates ideas relevant to the theme investigated, the thesis also contains a supplementary discussion of The Reef, The Glimpses of the Moon, The Mother’s Recompense and The Buccaneers. LÄS MER
2. Otherness and disease in Reunion : The politicisation of the 2005 to 2007 chikungunya epidemic
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I investigate how decolonisation through inclusion instead of independence has affected processes of othering, and reactions to being othered. By othering I mean discursive colonial practices described by post-colonial theories, in which racial and cultural difference is produced as inferior vis-à-vis the “superior” West. LÄS MER
3. Borderline archaeology : a practice of contemporary archaeology - exploring aspects of creative narratives and performative cultural production
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a joint dissertation, written by two people about the connectivity of two practices; archaeology and performance. Its contents focus upon the creation of a hybrid field of study that has only just begun to exist. LÄS MER
4. Le poids de la tradition : La gestion professorale de l'altérité linguistique et culturelle en classe de FLE
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present study is to investigate how teachers deal with linguistic and cultural otherness in the French foreign language classroom at upper secondary school level in Sweden. The foreign language classroom is seen as a cultural meeting place where images of otherness are natural elements. LÄS MER
5. Ett liv i olika världar : Unga kvinnors berättelser om svåra livshändelser
Sammanfattning : Drawing upon data from a qualitative interview study on the life stories of young women, the aim of this study is to analyze young womens experiences of difficult life events. Special interest is directed to how cultural frameworks are reflected in young women’s stories about themselves and the family and school worlds they have lived in. LÄS MER
