Sökning: "destitution"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade ordet destitution.
1. The decline of choreography and its movement : a body's (path)way
Sammanfattning : This doctoral artistic research project addresses the possibility of a dance withdrawn from that neoliberal scheme accordingto which self-performance, entrepreneurship and the production of subjectivity rule. Taking as a starting point the dissident corporealities that have emerged in the last fifty years in Western contemporary experimental dance; the project involvesaesthetic, philosophical and socio-political perspectives, carried out on choreographic, performative, textual, audiovisual, curatorial and discursive media. LÄS MER
2. The Power of Being : A Study of Poverty, Fertility and Sexuality among the Kuria in Kenya and Tanzania
Sammanfattning : The study is concerned with power based on ‘being’, which is the thread running through the entire thesis. The extended family is the focal point and three themes, interrelated in Kuria society, are explored, namely, poverty, sexuality and fertility. LÄS MER
3. Försörjd av sin hustru : Genus, folklig praktik och medborgarskap i arbetslöshetshjälpen 1921-1939
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the evolution of married women’s citizenship through a case of State policy – i.e. the unemployment assistance during the inter-War years. While construing unemployment assistance policy, the State acted in relationship to gender, family, maintenance responsibilities and gainful employment. LÄS MER
4. Fattigdomens besvärjelser : visionära ideal och vardagliga realiteter i socialt arbete
Sammanfattning : The theme of this dissertation is how changing claims as to what is proper and true social work have been formulated and staged in the twentieth century. From the perspective of cultural analysis I seek to discuss how social work has been formed and changed over a century. LÄS MER
5. Synd och skam : ogifta mödrar på svensk landsbygd 1680-1880
Sammanfattning : The situation of unmarried mothers in Swedish rural society during 1680–1880 is the subject of this thesis. It focuses on the judicial and religious discourse concerning extra-marital sexuality. The state felt duty-bound to control extra-marital sexuality, and this resulted in a dynamic legislative arena. LÄS MER