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1. 21. Skrifterna från Hoppet. C.H. Braads ostindiska resa 1748–49

   Författare :Rickard Melkersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christopher Hinric Braad; Graphonomy; Semiotics; Eighteenth century Swedish; Swedish East India Company;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the writings of Christopher Hinric Braad (1728–81), employee of the Swedish East India Company, and more specifical¬ly with the manuscripts from his first journey, from Gothenburg to Canton, in the years 1748–1749. Despite their great historical and philological value, witnessed by many authors, none of these texts has been the subject of an edition, nor of any exhaustive research. LÄS MER

3. 22. Towards the Standardisation of Preterite and Past Participle Forms in Late Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century English

   Författare :Larisa Oldireva; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Middle English; English language; Engelska språket;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

4. 23. An Inquiry into Cultural Semiotics: Germaine de Staël's Autobiographical Travel Accounts

   Författare :Anna Cabak Rédei; Kognitiv semiotik; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phenomenological sociology; Fenomenologi; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Phenomenology; Humanities; Parisian salons; Humaniora; Fransk litteratur; Germaine de Staël; Cultural semiotics; Autobiographical travel accounts; French literature; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ;

   Sammanfattning : Cultural semiotics studies encounters between cultures. Notions such as Culture, Extra-culture and Non-culture were developed in the 1970s by the Tartu school and were used in their studies of Russian culture and its relation to Western Europe, with special focus on Peter the Great's attempt to Westernize Russia in the eighteenth century. LÄS MER

5. 24. "Strunt alt hvad du orerar" : Carl Michael Bellman, ordensretoriken och Bacchi Orden

   Författare :Peter Lind; Lars Burman; Otto Fischer; Marie-Christine Skuncke; Lars Lönnroth; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carl Michael Bellman; epideictic rhetoric; clubs and societies; 18th century; ceremonies; parody; Carl Michael Bellman; demonstrativ retorik; klubbar och sällskap; 1700-tal; ceremonier; parodi; Retorik; Rhetoric;

   Sammanfattning : The 1760's and 1770's saw the emergence of numerous clubs, orders and societies in Stockholm. One of the most extraordinary expressions of this phenomenon was Carl Michael Bellman's Bacchi Orden, a series of semi-public dramatic entertainments chronicling the exploits of the members of Bacchi Orden, a fictional society enrolling several of Stockholm's most notorious drunkards and dedicated to the celebration of Bacchus. LÄS MER

7. 25. Konsten att leva längre : Föreställningar om livets förändring i handböcker 1700-1930

   Författare :Janicke Andersson; Kenneth Petersson; Inga Sanner; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageing; normality; historical sociology; deviance; technologies of the self; nature; culture; science; medicine; health; prolongevity; Åldrande; normalitet; avvikande; självtekniker; natur; kultur; vetenskap; medicin; hälsa; prolongevitet; historisk-sociologi; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore discursive changes in conceptions of life course and ageing. I am particularly concerned with the relationship between knowledge and power in the distribution of prolongevity and body- technologies, and as referential frame in the definition of normal and deviant bodies and behaviour. LÄS MER