Sökning: "culture hero"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden culture hero.

  1. 1. Den svenska sporthjälten : Kontinuitet och förändring i medieberättelsen om den svenska sporthjälten från 1920-talet till idag

    Författare :John Hellström; Leif Yttergren; Johnny Wijk; Torbjörn Nilsson; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sports; hero; star; narrative; media; national identity; Samhällsvetenskap Humaniora; Social Sciences Humanities;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the media construction of five Swedish sports heroes, active from the 1920’s to the beginning of the 2000’s. The analyses are based on the assumption that sports heroes are social products that reflect the dominating ideals and values of a society or culture, and that the media plays an important role in this process. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stem cells and mineralized tissue : characterization and disease modeling

    Författare :Hero Nikdin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Deficits in mineralized tissue, as a result of abnormal development, trauma, disease or aging, are major medical problems. Consequently, new methods to regenerate stable and functional bone is a main focus in the field of tissue engineering. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Landscape of Left-Overs : Changing Conceptions of Place and Environment among Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada

    Författare :Anne-Christine Hornborg; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; animism; traditional ecological knowledge; biocentrism; ecological ethics; environmental relations; being-in-the-world; lifeworlds; phenomenology; power; oral tradition; Kluskap; culture hero; tradition; Canada; Mi’kmaq Indians; Nova Scotia; sacred places; landscape; nature vs. culture; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Canadian Mi kmaq Indians; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the Mi’kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi’kmaq culture hero Kluskap here serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing conceptions of land, and human-environmental relations. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Reconfiguring the Hero’s Journey – The Monomyth in Contemporary Popular Culture

    Författare :Houman Sadri; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archetypes; comics; hero s journey; literary criticism; popular culture; YA literature;

    Sammanfattning : Den här avhandlingen analyserar hur den så kallade hjälteresan eller monomyten gestaltas i samtida texter och media. Det övergripande syftet är att undersöka vilken giltighet och relevans strukturen som skapades av Joseph Campbell i The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) har inom engelskspråkig populärkultur. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Amerikafantasier : kön, medier och visualitet i svenska reseskildringar från USA 1945-63

    Författare :Amanda Lagerkvist; Johan Fornäs; Madeleine Kleberg; Kirsten Drotner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; America in the Swedish imagination; visual culture studies; travel writing; media history; post-war era; mass culture debate; feminist media theory; representation; textual interpretation; urban theory; Reseskildringar; teman och motiv; historia; Förenta Staterna i litteraturen; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the construction of an imaginary America in Swedish travel writing from 1945 to 1963. By placing focus on the intersecting dimensions of gender, media, and visuality, the aim is to analyze Swedish notions of the US that surface both in the written word as well as in the illustrative material, by contextualizing these imaginings within the expanding media culture of the time. LÄS MER