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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden female clothing.
1. Du är NK! : Konstruktioner av yrkesidentiteter på varuhuset NK ur ett genus- och klassperspektiv 1918-1975
Sammanfattning : How were work identities of female and male shop assistants in the clothing departments at NK constructed, and how did this change over time? The starting point of this thesis has been that identities are contextually constructed. Focus has been set on trying to understand how the process of ‘making’ identity has been done in a historical perspective for shop assistants in clothing departments at the department store NK, AB Nordiska Kompaniet, in Stockholm. LÄS MER
2. Gloria muliebris: Elite female status competition in Mid-Republican Rome
Sammanfattning : Elite status competition permeated mid-Republican Rome (264–133 BCE). Struggles for superiority in status among the senatorial elite catalysed social growth and conflict in the res publica: competition and the desire for glory suffused elite society. LÄS MER
3. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility
Sammanfattning : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. LÄS MER
4. Fashioning the Ecological Crisis : Sustainability and Feminism in Fashion Advertising and Communication in Contemporary Sweden
Sammanfattning : The corporatisation of social justice (gender justice, LGBTQI+ rights, racial justice) and environmental justice ideals in the last decades has grown immensely in western countries, exemplified by rainbow-clad ATM’s during Pride month or Nike using images of NFL player Kaepernick’s anti-racism protest action of taking a knee during the USA national anthem in a marketing campaign. One of the industries that has been particularly inundated with symbols of social justice is the fashion industry. LÄS MER
5. Uniformella förhandlingar : Hierarkier och genusrelationer i Postens kläder 1636-2008
Sammanfattning : The postal uniform represents a state authority while simultaneously clothing the body of an individual. Via discussions about breakpoints, events, and negotiations, the study highlights cultural and social patterns in civilian uniform practice. A basic theme is how society classifies and hierarchizes people, above all, masculinity, via uniform. LÄS MER